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George Cant
| Age: | 40 |
| Died: | 9th May 1900 |
| Accident: | 7th May 1900 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1860 |
| Colliery: | Delves |
| Company: | Consett Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | While descending the shaft in a kibble, a small piece of stone fell off the side and hit him on the head, causing severe scalp wound and concussion of brain. Died on 9th. |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 172 on the list occurred at Delves Colliery, belonging to Messrs. The Consett Iron Company, Limited, on May 7th and caused the death of a sinker.
At this colliery, the shaft was being sunk from the Busty Seam to the Brockwell Seam at night time after coal drawing was finished.
On the evening in question the deceased man and three other sinkers were being lowered, in a kibble, from the Busty Seam level to the bottom of the shaft, when a very small piece of stone fell from the shaft side and hit him on the head, causing such severe injuries that he died two days afterwards. The piece of stone was only 1 ½ lbs. in weight but it fell 17 fathoms.
The part of the shaft from which the stone fell has been sunk for more than 50 years, but it is not walled or lined throughout, and this accident goes to prove, as many others have already done, the necessity of all shafts being walled even if the strata appear to be hard and good.
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1881 Census
Address: 3A Benfieldside Edge Road, Benfieldside, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4944 / 120 / 60)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| CANT, Elizabeth | 44 | Head | Unn | Needlework Woman | NBL: Slaley | 1837 |
| CANT, George | 20 | Son | Unn | Coal Miner | NBL: Millshields | 1861 |
| CANT, Thomas | 13 | Son | Unn | Scholar | DUR: Benfieldside | 1868 |
| POSTLE, Atewell | 33 | Boarder | Unn | Quarriman (Stone) | DUR: Benfieldside | 1848 |
Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by Ronald D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 40, Accident Number: 172 Where to find this report
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