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Age:	26
Died:	23rd Dec 1873
Accident:	23rd Dec 1873
Year Born:	abt. 1847
Colliery:	Kilton (Ironstone)
Company:	Kilton Ironstone Co.
Occupation:	Sinker
Notes:	fell out of kibble
Buried:	St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 26 Dec 1873 {NBI}
Category:

Whilst ascending or descending.

No. 23 in the list. This accident happened in a sinking shaft. The sinkers had been preparing "shots" in the bottom, and having got them ready sent some of their number to bank, leaving three of them to light the shot fuzes. All was ready and proper arrangements had been made with the engineman to draw away rapidly upon the signal been given. The men lit the shots, signalled to be drawn away and when they had been drawn four or five fathoms the kibble in which they were riding had struck a bunton and capsized, precipitating them to the bottom. The shots or rather one of them then exploded. One man was very little worse; he had fallen behind the pumps.

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
29 Dec 1873	Fatal Accidents in the Ironstone Mines (The Middlesbrough Daily Gazette)

• 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 15, Accident Number: 23 Where to find this report
• 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), South Durham, Westmoreland, and Cleveland District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 8 Where to find this report
• National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates

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