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| Date: | 17th March 1881 |
| Colliery: | Brotton (Ironstone) |
| Cause: | Fall of stone |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 8 on the list took place at Brotton Mine, when John Brown, a rapper man, was killed by a fall of stone down the shaft, either from the ascending cage, or from bank ; the stone glanced off the chains of the descending cage when near the bottom, and struck Brown on the head while he was standing three yards away from the cage ; no one could account for the stone falling, the hanging-on was protected by a cap head in the usual way.
| Source: | 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) |
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Brown, John, aged 66, Rapper Man, fractured skull by a piece of stone falling down the shaft | |
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