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	Individual Details		Individual Details

Age:	56
Died:	7th Jun 1881
Accident:	7th Jun 1881
Year Born:	abt. 1825
Colliery:	Scremerston
Company:	Scremerston and Shoreswood Coal Co.
Occupation:	Shifter
Notes:	fell from cage down shaft
Buried:	[not known]
Category:

Accident No. 35. In this case a pony was being taken down the pit in a cage, although a proper net was provided for the purpose. The man in charge objected to the pony being taken in the cage, but ultimately permitted it to be done, two men (one of them the deceased) after securing the pony's feet, getting in beside it. While descending the pony made a movement which no doubt knocked deceased out of the cage, when he fell to the bottom of the shaft. There did not appear to be a sufficient understanding as to who was in charge of the work, each man appearing to be very much acting on his own responsibility.

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Born
MOFFAT, Robert	53	Head	Mar	Coal Pit Shifter	NBL: Spittal (Cheshire)	1828
MOFFAT, Ann	58	Wife	Mar		SCT	1823
MOFFAT, William	31	Son		Coal Miner	NBL: Spittal	1850
MOFFAT, Jane	25	Dau		Domestic Servt	YKS	1856
MOFFAT, Martha	23	Dau		Domestic Servt Unemployed	YKS	1858
MOFFAT, Alice	14	Dau		Agricult Servt	NBL: Scremerston	1867
MOFFAT, Ann	3	Grand Dau			NBL: Scremerston	1878

Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.

• 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
• 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) Where to find this report
• 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 394, Accident Number: 35 Where to find this report

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