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Charles Swainey
| Age: | 60 |
| Died: | 13th Jun 1871 |
| Accident: | 13th Jun 1871 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1811 |
| Colliery: | Birks (Iron Ore) |
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| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | about half past six in the evening the deceased was shunting a wagon containing ten tons of iron-ore, and while trying to stop it, he got between it and the wall that runs along the tramway; here he became in some way entangled with the wagons, which trailed him along the road for about 14 yards; a man named Charles Atkinson heard the deceased's cries, and stopped the wagon, but Swainey had received mortal injury, and died the same day |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 22 Jun 1871 | Fatal Colliery Accident at Frizington (Whitehaven News) |
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- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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