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| Date: | 9th October 1876 |
| Colliery: | Gosforth |
| Company: | J. Bowes and Partners |
| Cause: | Shaft accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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Falling from part way down.
No. 43 in the list. Deceased was changing a "bucket," and was on a scaffold used for this purpose. He had probably inadvertently stepped off this scaffold, and so fell to the bottom, a distance of 40 fathoms.
| 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 |
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 | Brewis, Richard, aged 23, Enginewright, fell a distance of 40 fathoms from a scaffold in back shaft, Buried: St. Nicholas Churchyard, Gosforth |
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