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| Date: | 23rd December 1905 |
| Colliery: | Victoria Garesfield |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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On the 23rd December deceased and his marrow were working an extra shift on the pay Saturday when the pit was idle, deceased was conveying rails and sleepers on a train to his marrow who was laying way. The road he traversed was nearly level and in good order, and on that day nothing was said as to any accident. On the 24th he complained of his left knee. On Christmas day deceased had some liquor, he worked on the 26th and 27th, and on the latter day he said to his marrow he thought he had slipped on the 23rd and hurt his knee, but later in the day he told the back overman that he knew of no accident to cause the pain. On the 29th a paper for the Permanent Relief Fund was filled up but never presented. On the 30th he drove to Newcastle and back to consult a bonesetter, and said he was perished with cold during the drive. He never worked after the 27th, and got worse and died. A post-mortem examination revealed suppurated inflammation of the left knee and inflammation of the heart, and a doctor at the inquest was unable to say whether death was due to injury or from natural causes and so the Jury found
| Source: | 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910) |
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Laythan, Henry, aged 37, Deputy | |
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