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Date:	14th July 1876
Colliery:	West Shield Row
Company:	R. Dickinson and Co,
Cause:	Shaft accident
Lives Lost:	1
Category:

Falling from part way down.

No. 31 in accident list. Deceased had been engaged in fitting framing into the shaft bottom, and was being drawn up the shaft in a kibble. When about 14 fathoms from the bottom he fell out of the kibble. There was no evidence that the kibble had been caught in any way. It was supposed some sudden faintness or giddiness had caused him to lose his hold, and thus fall out.

Source:

1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 243 Where to find this report

	Urwin, William, aged 29, Joiner, fell out of kibble
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