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Michael Brown

Age:   30
Died:   19th May 1876
Accident:   19th May 1876
Year Born:   abt. 1846
Colliery:   Salter and Eskett Park (Metalliferous)
Company:   Salter and Eskett Park Mining Co.
Occupation:   Miner
Notes:  
he and another had been taking ore off from the side of a working when it came away, it removed a set of wood which brought a run of shale. He was trapped for 7 hours and when got out, suffocated.
Buried:   [not known]
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01 Jun 1876 Fatal Mining Accident (Whitehaven News)

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  • 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 260, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report

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