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| Date: | 24th February 1899 |
| Colliery: | Upleatham (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Pease and Partners Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 73 on the list occurred at Upleatham Mines, belonging to Messrs. Pease and Partners, Ltd., on February 24th, and caused the death of a road cleaner, on April 19th.
This accident shows how simply some of them occur. On the day in question the deceased man, who was over 70 years of age, was, with another man, tipping a tub, and a splinter of wood or a piece of the rust off the ironwork cut and penetrated one of his fingers. Little was thought of the injury at the time ; but blood poisoning supervened, and he died on the date mentioned from exhaustion resulting therefrom.
| Source: | 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 34 Where to find this report |
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 | Newton, Benjamin (died: 19 Apr 1899) , aged 71, Road Cleaner, A splinter of wood ran into his finger from a waggon he was emptying of ballast. Blood poisoning supervened, and he died on April 19th., Buried: St. Germain and St. Mark Churchyard, Marske |
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