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| Date: | 9th March 1840 |
| Colliery: | Springwell |
| Cause: | Fell down shaft |
| Lives Lost: | 3 |
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On Monday morning, 9 March, Charles Steel, Christopher Thompson and a boy called Robson were killed when the chain gave way on the cage in which they were travelling at Springwell Colliery, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft.
| Source: | Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle). |
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 | Robson, -, aged boy, they were killed when the chain gave way on the cage in which they were travelling at Springwell Colliery, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft |
 | Steel, Charles, aged 51, they were killed when the chain gave way on the cage in which they were travelling at Springwell Colliery, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft, Buried: St. Andrews Churchyard, Lamesley |
| | Thompson, Christopher, they were killed when the chain gave way on the cage in which they were travelling at Springwell Colliery, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft |
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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