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Date:	1st December 1849
Colliery:	Jane Pit
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Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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John Dixon and two others were shoving a waggon laden with small coals along the waggon way at Jane Pit to the coke ovens about 20 yards away. They heard a shout and on looking under the waggon saw 9 year old Morris Jopling lying on his back. The boy was taken home and attended by a surgeon; his right thigh had been smashed to pieces, and his left leg bruised and cut. Amputation was out of the question because of his weakened state, and he died shortly afterwards. When asked how the accident had happened, he had said that he slipped. At the inquest, he was described as "a fine intelligent boy"

	Jopling, Morris, aged 9, [Not Employed], run over by waggons
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08 Dec 1849

Colliery Accident (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)

 

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