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Date:  17th March 1958
Colliery:  Vane Tempest
Cause:  Fall of stone
Lives Lost:  2

Description

Two miners, John Frank Kokotailor, aged 36, of Fern Crescent, Seaham, Co. Durham, and William Hillam, aged 44, of Webb Avenue, New Seaham, were killed by a fall of stone in the Vane Tempest Colliery, Seaham, last night.

Source: The Times Newspaper

Fatalities

 

Hillam, William Charles, aged 44, killed by a fall of stone, address: Webb Avenue, New Seaham, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

 

Kokotailo, John Frank, aged 36, killed by a fall of stone, address: Fern Crescent, Seaham, Buried: Princess Road Cemetery, Seaham

 
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18 Mar 1958  Two Miners Killed (The Times)

 

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