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Richard Brewis
| Age: | 23 |
| Died: | 9th Oct 1876 |
| Accident: | 9th Oct 1876 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1853 |
| Colliery: | Gosforth |
| Company: | J. Bowes and Partners |
| Occupation: | Enginewright |
| Notes: | fell a distance of 40 fathoms from a scaffold in back shaft |
| Buried: | St. Nicholas Churchyard, Gosforth |
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Falling from part way down.
No. 43 in the list. Deceased was changing a "bucket," and was on a scaffold used for this purpose. He had probably inadvertently stepped off this scaffold, and so fell to the bottom, a distance of 40 fathoms.
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- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 243 Where to find this report
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 249, Accident Number: 43 Where to find this report
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