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Local Records
1797
February 12. — On the morning of this day (Sunday), whilst Charles Atkinson, esq., alderman and merchant of Newcastle, was walking with his son amongst his coal works, near Dunfermline, in Scotland, he went to examine the mouth of an old pit, and whilst looking down, a piece of timber on which he stood gave way, and precipitated him to the bottom, a depth of about 40 fathoms, 10 of which were supposed to be filled with water. It was several hours before his remains, which were considerably mangled, could be recovered. February the 19th, his remains were interred in the family burial place in St. Nicholas’ church, Newcastle, in the presence of an immense number of people, deeply impressed with the stern integrity of his principles, and to whom he was much endeared by the affability of his deportment as a magistrate, and his general conduct as a man. [LRS]
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- LRS — Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, Published in 1833 in two volumes
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