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Henry Middleton
| Age: | 35 |
| Died: | 27th Oct 1900 |
| Accident: | 27th Oct 1900 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1865 |
| Colliery: | Black Boy |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Enginewright |
| Notes: | Went down pit in a kibble and came in contact with steam blowing out of a cock which overpowered and he fell into sump and was drowned. |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 416 on the list occurred at Black Boy Colliery belonging to Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan & Co., Ltd., on October 27th, and caused the death of an enginewright.
On the day in question a man had gone down the pit, and, as there was some misunderstanding about some signals he sent to the surface, deceased got into the kibble intending to go and see what was the matter.
All went well till he got within a short distance of the bottom of the shaft when he came in contact with some steam escaping from a defective valve into the shaft, and this appears to have overcome him and caused him to fall out of the kibble into the sump below, where he was afterwards found drowned.
From the evidence at the inquest it appeared that deceased knew that the valve which allowed the steam to escape was defective, and that it was his duty to have had it repaired. It is to be regretted that he did not do so, if he had it is probable that this lamentable accident would not have occurred.
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- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 21 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: 45, Accident Number: 416 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Christopher Conlon | 24 Sep 2018 |
Researching the Middleton family. What happen to his children after he died. Robert who 2 when he died was adopted by the Lawson family of Seaham after spending time in th a Masonic Orphanage in London |
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