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Thomas Blewitt
| Age: | 32 |
| Died: | 28th Apr 1881 |
| Accident: | 28th Apr 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1849 |
| Colliery: | Lumpsey (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Bell Brothers, Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | fell of scaffold into sump about 10 fathoms, while putting in tubbing |
| Buried: | St. Margaret's Church, Brotton on 01 May 1881 {NBI} |
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No. 11 on the list occurred at a sinking pit at Lumpsey Mine ; Thomas Blewitt, a sinker, while working on a cradle with several others, slipped and fell through a hole, about 20 inches by 18 inches, by the side of one of the sets of pumps, a distance of 60 feet, and was killed ; he had worked on the cradle in the same state for three weeks, there was plenty of lights, but unfortunately Blewitt was blind in one eye ; the cradle was not as close as it could have been made, and the jury recommended that a plank should be placed alongside the pumps to reduce the size of the openings.
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- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 481, Accident Number: 11 Where to find this report
- National Burial Index published by The Federation of Family History Societies & Associates
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