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William Shields
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 8th Jan 1872 |
| Accident: | 8th Jan 1872 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1857 |
| Colliery: | Whitehaven sea shore |
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| Notes: | he was gathering coal from amongst the rubbish shot from the pit top to the bank upon the shore, when he was struck with such force on the head by a large stone emptied from a bogie, that death resulted in about twenty minutes |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| 11 Jan 1872 | Two Boys Killed at Wellington Pit (Whitehaven News) |
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- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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