Thomas James Robinson
| Age: | 47 |
| Died: | 25th May 1907 |
| Accident: | 24th May 1907 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1860 |
| Colliery: | Cramlington |
| Company: | Cramlington Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Locomotive cleaner |
| Notes: | |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On a pay Friday night the boilers of several locomotives were to be washed out and plugs were in the course of removal. A plug at the fire-box end of No. 3 locomotive was stiff and deceased and another man were applying a key to loosen it. The key was in two parts, a key proper about 2 feet long with a square hole at the end to fit onto the plug and a hole at the other end into which a wrench or steel bar also about 2 feet long was fitted at right angles. Deceased held the key proper against the plug and the other man first raised the wrench and then pressed it steadily down when the key slipped off the plug and caught the deceased in the stomach. He complained of pain but continued at work for some time but eventually went home. He became worse and after being seen by a doctor was sent to Newcastle Infirmary in an ambulance waggon arriving about 4 a.m. on the Saturday. He was operated on on the Saturday afternoon but he became very ill and died on Sunday. The doctor at the inquest stated death was due to acute peritonitis set up by a rupture of the bowel.
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 55, Accident Number: 36 Where to find this report
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