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Date:	6th June 1891
Colliery:	Eston (Ironstone)
Company:	Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 10 on the list occurred as Eston Mines, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Company, Limited, on the 6th of June, about 8.30 a.m., causing the death of William Bartram, a miner. On the day of the accident, deceased was working alone in a place, as all the other men were paired, and he was the odd man in the district, a piece of ironstone burst off the face, at a "dry," caught and killed him instantly. All the evidence went to prove that deceased was a most careful man and experienced miner, and also that there was a large quantity of timber close to the place, which he could have used had he thought it necessary to do so. It was, I think, a pure accident, and one that might have happened to anyone ; my object, however, in mentioning it particularly is to draw attention to the deceptive character of these "backs" or "dries," and to urge continual care in detecting and dealing with them.

Source:

1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 13 Where to find this report

	Barthram, William, aged 39, Miner, fall of a very large piece of stone after he had drilled a hole for the purpose of blasting, Buried: Eston Cemetery
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