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John McGurk
| Age: | 6 |
| Died: | 1899 |
| Accident: | 1899 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1893 |
| Colliery: | Throckley railway |
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| Occupation: | [Not employed] |
| Notes: | A train load of coals was passing along the Throckley waggon-way when a little lad, John McGurk, 6 years of age, who had, with two others, been hiding behind the hedge, ran out and tried to get on to the last waggon, when he fell and was run over. This road, from habit, has practically become a public one, but an endeavour is being made, by means of higher fencing, to prevent people getting on to it [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Deaths not comprised under The Acts |
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- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 24, Accident Number: 6 Where to find this report
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| susan Williams | 13 Nov 2010 |
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