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John Reed
| Age: | 52 |
| Died: | 10th May 1943 |
| Accident: | 10th May 1943 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1891 |
| Colliery: | St. Helen's, Workington |
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| Notes: | fall of roof in the Ten Quarter seam, address: 70 Senhouse Street, Siddick |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A fall of roof at St Helens Colliery, Siddick, soon after morning shift started on Monday in the Ten Quarter seam trapped two miners of whom one was dead and the other seriously injured when their comrades released them.
The dead man was John Reed, aged 52, married of 70 Senhouse Street, Siddick and the other workman, Gordon Dennis Scott of 22 Front Row, Northside, who is suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg and shock.
In accordance with their custom, the miners employed in and about the colliery at the time of the accident immediately left for home and the colliery was idle for the rest of the day.
Source: West Cumberland Times, Wednesday, 12th May 1943
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 12 May 1943 | News (West Cumberland Times) |
| 13 May 1943 | Fall Of Roof, Two Men Trapped (Whitehaven News) |
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