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Age:	28
Died:	7th Nov 1881
Accident:	7th Nov 1881
Year Born:	abt. 1853
Colliery:	Harrington, No. 7 Pit
Company:	Sir James Bain and Co.
Occupation:	Sinker
Notes:	fall of stone from shaft side
Buried:	Hensingham Cemetery
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Contractors were doing work at the bottom of an air staple, and although the staple formed part of the return air-course where it was considered prudent to use safety lamps, without any previous arrangement as to examinations either before or after blasting, shots had been fired. It is supposed some stone from a shot had rested upon a bunton so far up the shaft, and that whilst deceased was standing near a staging some distance from the bottom, the stone fell upon him, causing him to fall to the bottom. There was much absence of discipline and arrangement in the work.

See also next case.

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Born
THOMPSON, William Clement	27	Head	Mar	Grave Digger (Churchyard)	CUL: Alston	1854
THOMPSON, Margaret	24	Wife	Mar	Grave Digger Wife	CUL: Whitehaven	1857
THOMPSON, Eleanor C.	4	Dau		Scholar	CUL: Hensingham	1877
THOMPSON, Joseph	1	Son		Infant	CUL: Hensingham	1880

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.

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
10 Nov 1881	Fatal Pit Accident at Lowca (Whitehaven News)
17 Nov 1881	The Fatal Accidents at Lowca (Whitehaven News)
27 Apr 1882	Employers’ Liabilty Claim, Thompson v Bain And Co. (Whitehaven News)

• 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: 395, Accident Number: 54 Where to find this report

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