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Thomas Moralee
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 16th Oct 1889 |
| Accident: | 16th Oct 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1873 |
| Colliery: | Wheatley Hill |
| Company: | Weardale Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | accidentally fell down a sinking pit shaft, about 950 feet, while assisting to send materials down to some sinkers |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 65 on the list. — Deceased was killed by falling down a sinking shaft, a distance of 158 fathoms. It appears that he, along with two other men, had been in a cabin close to, whilst bricks were being sent down the shaft, their ordinary work of wheeling packing for walling being stopped in the meantime, for about one hour and 20 minutes, and no doubt, it being night time, they went to sleep. When called by the waiter-on deceased came out and walked straight into the shaft. There was plenty of light about the shaft top at the time. It was a miracle that some of the men who were on the cradle in the shaft were not killed. They owe their lives to the fact that they were close to the side, and that the body fell on to the middle of the cradle.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 11 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 31, Accident Number: 65 Where to find this report
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