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| Date: | 14th June 1884 |
| Colliery: | East Howle |
| Cause: | Crushed by tubs |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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At East Howle Colliery on 14th June, R. Marshall, aged 16, was riding some tubs from the coke ovens to the gantry where they were to be refilled. When the tubs ran amain he was severely crushed against the apparatus and died shortly afterwards.
| Source: | Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle). |
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Marshall/Nixon, Robert, aged 16, Small runner, crushed to death between tubs on coke ovens [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | |
Nixon/Marshall, Robert, aged 16, Small runner, crushed to death between tubs on coke ovens [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | |
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