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John Lamb

Age:   33
Died:   24th Apr 1896
Accident:   24th Apr 1896
Year Born:   abt. 1863
Colliery:   Walbottle
Company:   Walbottle Coal and Firebrick Co.
Occupation:   Hewer
Notes:  
The deceased was working in a place about 6 feet wide when a large stone about 5 feet in diameter suddenly came away from close up to the face as he was "kirving." A plank with two props and another prop were under the stone and were knocked out by the fall [Inspection made & inquest attended]
Buried:   West Auckland Cemetery
Category:   Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof

Tombstone

West Auckland — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 92, Grid Ref NZ186259




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
George Thomas LAMB  29th Nov 1881  23  1858 
John LAMB  24th Apr 1896  33  1863 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 21, Accident Number: 237 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05347-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in West Auckland Cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-05351-08-0002) © Kev Duncan

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