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Nathan Milburn
| Age: | 13 |
| Died: | 31st May 1897 |
| Accident: | 31st May 1897 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1884 |
| Colliery: | Burnhope |
| Company: | U. A. Ritson |
| Occupation: | Screen Boy |
| Notes: | While improperly riding on a tram, he fell off, and was crushed to death |
| Buried: | All Saints, Lanchester |
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No. 231 on the list occurred at Burnhope Colliery, belonging to Mr. U. A. Ritson, on May 31st, causing the death of a screen lad.
The pit had been standing for some time, and the deceased left the place where he was employed, viz., the cleaning belts, and jumped on to a tram which is used for bringing timber and other material up an incline to the heapstead, and is worked by means of a chain attached to the main shaft of the winding-engine. He had been sitting on the tram with his feet over the front of it ; his feet caught a sheave and he was dragged under the tram and his head was crushed between a beam and the tram wheels. Death being instantaneous.
There was nothing wrong with the place, and this boy was killed simply by doing what he should not have done. Two other boys were riding on the tram at the same time, but they were on the back of it, and jumped off when the accident occurred.
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Lanchester — All Saints Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ167473
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Mary Ann MILBURN | |||
| Nathan MILBURN | 31st May 1897 | 13 | 1884 |
| Nathan MILBURN | |||
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- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 32 Where to find this report
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 45, Accident Number: 231 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02635-04-0064) © Bob Dunn
- Headstone(s) in All Saints Churchyard, Lanchester
- Tombstone photograph (T-02619-04-0064) © Bob Dunn
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