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Mining Deaths - Lymington Collieries
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…shock incurred as a result of falling into machinery - accidental death … Hopkinson … Walter … 1 … July … 1920 … 20 … extensive head injuries from being hit by runaway skip - accidental death … South Wallsend Lymington Colliery … SURNAME … CHRISTIAN NAMES … DAY … MONTH … YEAR … AGE … CAUSE OF DEATH … Ashley … Thomas……Lymington…
Transition to Mechanisation: The human face of coal
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…Topics covered in this recording … changes in mining practices … war revitalised the mining industry … improvement in and focus on safe practices … purchase and types of machinery … Reference … Bell, John & Driscoll, Judy & Lake Macquarie (N.S.W.).……Topics covered in this recording … changes in mining practices … war…
Toronto Country Club
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…John Deere Machinery and also Westlake’s Earthmoving Co. lent their dozers and an enthusiastic group of members was always on hand to do the necessary leg work. To use an old mining term, this course was dug out of the solid.……John Deere Machinery and also Westlake’s Earthmoving Co. lent their dozers…
Who's who, what's what and where's where in the Fennell Letters
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…James Mitchell built a tweed mill on the south western point of Stockton installing the most modern machinery from England. The mill was leased to Messrs Robert Fisher and Alex Donaldson who employed about 300 people. In one year the factory produced 70,000 yards of tweed and 800 yards of flannel.……It…

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