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James Eglin
| Age: | 49 |
| Died: | 28th Jun 1881 |
| Accident: | 18th Jun 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1832 |
| Colliery: | West Burton (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | Henry Pease |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | fell from scaffold in shaft while removing collar of pumps |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 4 on the list occurred at the same mine as above (West Burton). While James Elgin was engaged taking pumps out of the ladder portion of this shaft, he stood on one of a pair of chocks used for steadying the pumps after the bolts had been taken out of them, the chock he was standing on slipped off its support at one end, and he was precipitated down the shaft a distance of about 18 yards, and sustained such injuries that he died 10 days after.
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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: 483, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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