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Joseph Wills
| Age: | 31 |
| Died: | 20th Feb 1935 |
| Accident: | 27th Dec 1934 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1904 |
| Colliery: | Murton |
| Company: | South Hetton Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Scalloper |
| Notes: | killed by a fall of stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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At Murton Colliery, Durham, a piece of coal fell from a back at the top of a seam 5 ft. 6 in. thick and struck a scalloper on the right leg and foot. He sustained a slight laceration extending from below the knee to the foot. He received first-aid treatment and medical attention, but died seven weeks later from bronchial pneumonia following general septicaemia. The wearing of a shin guard would probably have prevented the accident.
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- 1935 Mines Inspectors Report
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