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Robert Trotter

Age:   38
Died:   27th Mar 1911
Accident:   27th Mar 1911
Year Born:   abt. 1873
Colliery:   Pelton
Company:   Owners of Pelton Colliery
Occupation:   Stoneman
Notes:  
he had charged a second shot hole in a gateway canch, but before firing it was necessary to draw out a prop about 4 feet from the lip of the canch; deceased proceeded to do so using a short deputies' axe, while so engaged a large piece of stone fell from the roof, canting out two props and killed him; previous firing had probably shaken the stone
Buried:   St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard, Stanley
Category:   Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof :: On Roads, while Repairing or Enlarging

Tombstone

Stanley — St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic) Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ196533




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Ellen TROTTER       
Robert TROTTER  27th Mar 1911  38  1873 

Sources
  • 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-01580-01-0009) © Roy Lambeth
  • Headstone(s) in St. Joseph's (R.C.) Churchyard, Stanley
  • Tombstone photograph (T-01663-01-0009) © Roy Lambeth

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