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Date:	13th February 1829
Colliery:	Heworth
Company:
Cause:	Fell down shaft
Lives Lost:	1
Category:

An inquest was held on the 2 inst. at Wreckington on the body of Thomas Walker. On the 13th he was in a corf, with another man, in the act of being drawn up to the top of the pit at Heworth Colliery and both, from some cause unknown, fell to the bottom. He lived until Sunday last when from the injuries he received, he died. The other man is alive but very much hurt. Verdict: found dead at the bottom of the pit but how, or by what means he had fallen, no evidence appeared to the jurors.

Source: Newcastle Courant, February 28th, 1829

	Walker, Thomas (died: 15 Feb 1829) , fell down shaft
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28 Feb 1829

News (Newcastle Courant)

 

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