Robert Nixon/Marshall
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 14th Jun 1884 |
| Accident: | 14th Jun 1884 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1868 |
| Colliery: | East Howle |
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| Occupation: | Small runner |
| Notes: | crushed to death between tubs on coke ovens [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Deaths not comprised under The Acts |
At East Howle Colliery on 14th June, R. Marshall, aged 16, was riding some tubs from the coke ovens to the gantry where they were to be refilled. When the tubs ran amain he was severely crushed against the apparatus and died shortly afterwards.
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Mines Inspectors Report Entry
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- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 236, Accident Number: 13 Where to find this report
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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