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Robert Waddle

Age:   27
Died:   19th Jun 1897
Accident:   19th Jun 1897
Year Born:   abt. 1870
Colliery:   Murton
Company:   South Hetton Coal Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Stone Putter
Notes:  
While a full tub was being made ready in a landing, twenty-nine full tubs ran amain down the landing. The deceased was standing opposite a refuge hole, shouting for other men to get out of the way, when the tubs caught and killed him
Buried:   [not known]
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Related Newspaper Articles

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Article (Newspaper)
21 Jun 1897 Death In The Mine, Killed at Murton (Northern Daily Mail)

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 44, Accident Number: 263 Where to find this report

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David Pattinson   15 Jun 2022 

My grandfather was a miner in a pit I am not sure which one he was called William waddle his date of birth was 1885 he had accident and his hip crushed when he later worked in the pits


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