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Edward Whitfield
| Age: | 62 |
| Died: | 13th Sep 1897 |
| Accident: | 29th Aug 1897 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1835 |
| Colliery: | Brancepeth, C Pit |
| Company: | Strakers and Love |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | He had charge of a bottom canch, and during the shift one of the officials visited the place and told him some of the top stone was in bad condition and he was to take it down, he took some but not all and it fell afterwards and so severely injured him that he died on September 13th |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 40, Accident Number: 380 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| June Short nee Whitfield | 09 Jun 2012 |
family research, I'm trying to understand and get to know about my ancestors.I know they were miners and lived around the Durham area.My Granfather John George Usher Whitfield lost an arm we believe at a colliery near West Cornforth where he lived. |
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| frederick whitfield | 22 Oct 2014 |
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