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West Cumberland Times
Article from the West Cumberland Times, 7th April 1894, Page: 5, Column: 3
Fatal Result Of An Accident At Whitehaven
William Nicholson, aged 25, who lived in Queen Street, Whitehaven, and who was run over and seriously injured by some wagons near the Whitehaven dock on the 6th March, died in the Whitehaven Infirmary on Thursday evening. Deceased was employed by the Whitehaven Colliery Co. On the day named he was opening the shipyard gates, near the Bransty Station, and while getting a piece of wood from behind the gate he was knocked down by a train of coal wagons and run over. One of his legs was so seriously injured that it had to be amputated.
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| Nicholson, William | 25 | Labourer | Deceased, Individual Page |
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