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Richard Dunn

Age:   25
Died:   26th Sep 1842
Accident:   26th Sep 1842
Year Born:   abt. 1817
Colliery:   Leasingthorne
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Notes:  
killed in sinking the pit, residence: Chilton; 2 other men seriously injured [date of burial]
Buried:   St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Kirk Merrington
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Parish registers for St. John the Evangelist, Kirk Merrington, show Richard Dunn, aged 25, from Chilton, killed sinking Leasingthorne Colliery. Two other men: John Ridley and Henry Buist were seriously injured.


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