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| Date: | 30th July 1889 |
| Colliery: | Oakenshaw |
| Cause: | Run over by set |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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On 30th July Joseph Robert Armstrong fell inbetween a set of wagons on the incline between Oakenshaw and Brancepeth collieries, and died an hour later. He had been caught by the second wagon of the set as he tried to release the draw rope, and was then dragged five or six yards.
| Source: | Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle). |
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Armstrong, Joseph Robert, aged 20, Bankrider, in jumping off the waggons at pit he fell between them and was run over | |
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