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	Individual Details		Individual Details

Age:	22
Died:	11th Apr 1891
Accident:	11th Apr 1891 9:40 AM, 6th hour of shift
Year Born:	abt. 1869
Colliery:	Littleburn
Company:	North Brancepeth Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:	Putter
Notes:	a sudden and unexpected fall from goaf while leaving place
Buried:	[not known]
Category:

No. 14 on the list occurred at Littleburn Colliery, belonging to the North Brancepeth Coal Company, Limited, on the 11th of April, about 9.40 a.m., causing the death of Abraham Rickaby, a coal hewer. The deputy had just drawn the timber out of a jud and deceased had commenced to turn away again, when the whole of the jud, which the deputy had drawn, fell without the slightest warning, knocking out six props, set next to the place deceased was working in to break the fall off at, and the stone rushed in and covered the deceased man. All the witnesses at the inquest said they had never seen a jud come on so quickly or suddenly before, although they were men with a long and varied experience in pit work.

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
13 Apr 1891	North Country News (Northern Echo)
13 Apr 1891	Fatality At Littleburn Colliery (Northern Daily Mail)

Columns: 1: No. of Accident ; 2: Date and Hour of the Accident ; 3: Hour of the Person's Shift, i.e. No of Hours he had been at work when the Accident happened to him ; 3: Name of the Mine or Colliery ; 4: Where situate ; 5: Name of the Owner or Company ; 6: Persons killed ; 7: Reputed Age ; 8: Occupation ; 9: Cause of Accident, and Remarks

• 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 14 Where to find this report
• 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 8 Where to find this report

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