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Non-fatal Accident
Evan Christian
| Accident: | 10th May 1897, 6:00 a.m. |
| Age: | 50 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1847 |
| Colliery: | Snaefell |
| Company: | Snaefell Mining Co. Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | he was dragged up three ladders with ropes, and left on the platform for dead; the men went lower to render assistance to others, and when they returned he was able to speak to them, and was got to the surface with ropes ; injured in the 1897 underground fire (caused by naked light igniting timber) |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 11 May 1897 | Disaster In A Mine (The Times) |
| 12 May 1897 | The Snaefell Mining Disaster (The Times) |
| 13 May 1897 | The Snaefell Mining Disaster (The Times) |
| 14 May 1897 | The Snaefell Mine Disaster (The Times) |
| 17 May 1897 | Extraordinary Adventure at the Snaefell Mine (The Times) |
| 18 May 1897 | The Snaefell Mining Disaster (The Times) |
| 31 May 1897 | The Snaefell Mine Disaster (The Times) |
| 16 Jun 1897 | The Snaefell Mining Disaster (The Times) |
| 18 Sep 1897 | The Snaefell Mining Disaster (The Times) |
| 30 May 1898 | The Fire at the Snaefell Lead Mine (The Times) |
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| Hilary Shimmin | 18 Aug 2018 |
Evan Christian was my great,great grandfather and I would like to know to whom he was married. His daughter, Edith Christina married William Gray and they are my great, grandparents. Many thanks |
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