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William Stearman
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 25th Apr 1890 |
| Accident: | 25th Apr 1890 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1860 |
| Colliery: | Shildon Lodge |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | tub ran off rails and drew a prop out, while assisting to lift it on a large stone fell on him |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 16 on the list occurred at Shildon Lodge Colliery, belonging to Bolckow, Vaughan, & Co., Limited, on the 25th April about 12.15 o'clock a.m., causing the death of Thomas Stearman. Deceased was working in a seam rising 14 inches to the yard, and whilst doing so a putter called to him to help to lift a tub on to the way. While doing this he heard a crack in the coal, and stepped from the back to the front end of the tub. The fall came away and caught deceased, inflicting such injuries that he died. Had he stayed at the end of the tub he was at when he heard the crack he would have been perfectly safe.
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- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 20, Accident Number: 16 Where to find this report
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 8 Where to find this report
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William Stearman was my great, great, grandfather.
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