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Date:	20th May 1852
Colliery:	Black Boy
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Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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He was working hewing coal, at about 5 p.m., his putter, Matthew Musgrove left him to come out-bye. The deputy-overman Joseph Dixon asked Musgrove to tell Rucroft to leave his work; but he said he would fill his tub first. Dixon waited for him to come out, but he failed to appear. When Dixon returned to the board, he found Rucroft lying with a large piece of stone on his shoulder. He got assistance and managed to remove the stone, but Rucroft was dead.

	Rucroft, James, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
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29 May 1852

Fatal Colliery Accident (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)

 

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