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Please note: this page provides the details we have for those fatalities not shown on the colliery pages - i.e. for those fatalities at collieries/pits etc. for which we do not have a web page.
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10 Jul 1888 | De Beers, South Africa | Nankurvis, T. |
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30 Apr 1897 | Coanwood, Whinstone quarry | Neal, George Henry, aged 16, Chip Maker, Deceased neglected to go inside the shelter provided, and, standing outside, at a distance of about 100 yards from the shot, was struck on the head by a flying pellet and killed instantly [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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1941 | Unknown | Nellist, Raymond, aged 34 |
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19 Mar 1896 | Bowsden Moor Whinstone Quarry, Beal | Nelson, William, aged 23, Quarryman, A very simple accident. He was engaged in taking off the surface clay, about 6 feet thick, and had slightly undermined a portion of it, which suddenly slipped off from a greasy parting. He died on the 19th March [Inspection made & inquest attended], (accident: 25 Feb 1896) |
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03 Nov 1898 | Whitehouse, Limestone quarry | Nesbitt, James, aged 14, Horse Driver, The boy, against instructions, attempted to sprag one of a set of waggons, and was knocked down and run over [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
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| 30 Mar 1856 | Unknown | Nicholas, Edward, aged 30, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 30 Mar 1856 {NBI};
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| 29 Dec 1722 | Unknown | Nicholson, Ben, drowned in a pit at Barlow |
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14 Sep 1858 | Stanhope Railway | Nicholson, John, accidentally killed on the Stanhope Railway, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Washington;
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10 Nov 1900 | Springwell Bank Head | Nicholson, Thomas, aged 17, Waggonman, He was coupling trucks and was caught between the buffers. He was not using the pole provided for the purpose. |
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31 Jul 1906 | Gascow (Limestone) | Nicholson, Thomas, aged 41, Quarryman |
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23 May 1897 | Unknown | Nixon, Joseph, aged 24, fell into a disused sandstone quarry near St. Bees, Cumberland. Deceased was returning from St. Bees to Cleator, late at night, by way of a footpath. According to the evidence at the inquest, he was, to some extent, inebriated at time of accident, and in the dark had wandered from the path; evidently climbed the fence and fell over into the quarry |
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14 Jul 1902 | Coanwood (Whinstone) | Noble, Robert, aged 24, Quarryman, A charge of about 30 lbs. of gunpowder had been inserted in a fissure in the rock, and the deceased men had just lit the fuse when the charge exploded. Probably some grains of loose powder at the edge of the fissure were ignited and the charge thereby fired, or this may have been done by sparks from the burning fuse |
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| 01 Nov 1857 | Unknown | Noddings, Thomas, aged 34, [date of burial], Buried: Wilton, St. Cuthbert on 01 Nov 1857 {NBI};
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23 Jun 1874 | Lambton Drops | Norton, John, Labourer, hit by stone whilst dismantling a wall at the drops |
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