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Robert Oliver

Age:   14
Died:   20th Mar 1896
Accident:   20th Mar 1896
Year Born:   abt. 1882
Colliery:   Ashington
Company:   Ashington Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Screener
Notes:  
He was jumping about on the jigging screens and missing his footing fell amongst the cog wheels. The place was fenced and he had no business to be in the position he was at the time [Inspection made]
Buried:   Holy Sepulchre Churchyard, Ashington
Category:   On the Surface :: By Machinery

Tombstone

Ashington — Holy Sepulchre Churchyard

Location: OS Map 81, Grid Ref NZ263877




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Maria OLIVER       
Ralph OLIVER       
Robert OLIVER  20th Mar 1896  14  1882 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 26, Accident Number: 172 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-08668-13-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Holy Sepulchre Churchyard, Ashington
  • Tombstone photograph (T-08693-13-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Tracie Loveridge   11 Mar 2013 

I am looking for information about my paternal grandfather (Robert Oliver) who was killed in a mine accident at Bellbird Colliery in 1958. There is a plaque in Kurri Kurri, but I am unable to find any other details.

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