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William Jackson
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 22nd Aug 1895 |
| Accident: | 22nd Aug 1895 1:00 PM, 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1879 |
| Colliery: | West Wylam |
| Company: | Mickley Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | explosion of gunpowder shot when charging a hole in a stone drift; a third man was injured |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The three men were engaged in driving a stone drift, and at the time of the accident were supposed to be charging a hole with bobbin powder, when it exploded. What was actually being done at the time, or how the ignition took place, it is impossible to say, as the survivor declined to give evidence ; but there is every reason to suppose that one of the deceased, at the time, was attempting to force the cartridge into the hole. At the inquest, the jury, after consultation, returned a verdict that " the deceased died from the effects of burns, received through an explosion of powder, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show how this was brought about."
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- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 15 Where to find this report
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 210 Where to find this report
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