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Thomas Barton
| Age: | 25 |
| Died: | 2nd Mar 1908 |
| Accident: | 2nd Mar 1908 |
| Born: | 15th Mar 1883 |
| Colliery: | Brancepeth, A Pit |
| Company: | Strakers and Love |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | He was hewing in a skirting just on the inbye side of a 2½ feet rise hitch. The right-hand side of the face was about 4 feet 8 inches from the hitch, and the place was 5¼ feet wide. There were no props set in the place at all, which was contrary to the timbering rule in force; it fixed the maximum distance apart at which roof supports should be set at 3 feet. The stone swung away from the edge of the hitch. He had been previously severely burnt in an attempt to save a child from a burning house on 16th Jan 1908, six weeks later he was killed |
| Buried: | St. Stephen's Churchyard/Willington Cemetery |
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Brancepeth Colliery Memorial
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Willington — St. Stephen's Churchyard/Cemetery
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ210353
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| Thomas BARTON | 2nd Mar 1908 | 25 | 1883 |
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Related Newspaper Articles
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| 21 Mar 1908 | Queen and Brave Miner (The Cardiff Times) |
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 23, Accident Number: 6 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02206-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Stephen's Churchyard/Cemetery, Willington
- Tombstone photograph (T-02573-04-0002) © Kev Duncan
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