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Date:	7th December 1868
Colliery:	Coxhoe
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Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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He was found dead at the bottom of the shaft. An inquest was held on the following Wednesday; Mr. J. J. Atkinson Govt. Inspector of Mines was present. Jane Fryer of Shotton Coll. said that her husband had "left home a week gone Friday night to seek work." Sgt. Welsh testified that he had seen Fryer in Coxhoe on Saturday night. "He had had some drink, and was in a very quarrelsome state." The officer had seen him go towards the colliery with three other men a little after 12 o'clock. Nicholas Proudlock and George Young, banksmen, said they had heard something falling down the shaft at about 2.40 a.m. on Sunday. On Monday morning they sent the cages down but they came to a halt at a blockage in the shaft. Young went down to examine it and discovered Fryer's body. There was some suggestion that Fryer may have committed suicide, but this could not be proved.

Source:

Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).

	Fryer, William, aged 21, [Not employed], he was found dead at the bottom of the shaft
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