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John Soppitt

Age:   45
Died:   6th Apr 1903
Accident:   6th Apr 1903
Year Born:   abt. 1858
Colliery:   Dorothea Pit, Newbottle
Company:   Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation:   Stoneman
Notes:  
when drawing a prop with a mall he hit himself on the stomach with the shaft of the mall and caused such injuries that he died within three hours
Buried:   All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw
Category:  

Tombstone

Penshaw — All Saints Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ329539




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Ellen Maud SOPPITT  10th Apr 1894  2  1892 
Isabella SOPPITT  5th Aug 1939  82  1857 
John SOPPITT  6th Apr 1903  45  1858 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 56, Accident Number: 159 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00902-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw
  • Tombstone photograph (T-08490-13-0002) © Kev Duncan

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