Mining Deaths - West Wallsend Colliery
SURNAME | CHRISTIAN NAMES | DAY | MONTH | YEAR | AGE | CAUSE OF DEATH |
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McCarron | Edward | 23 | March | 1888 | 22 | injuries received by the breaking of a winding rope |
Stirling | Walter | 5 | February | 1889 | 60 | injuries sustained from a fall of coal - accidental death |
Hunter | Robert | 8 | April | 1904 | 57 | natural causes - syncope of the heart |
Ogilvie | Alfred | 21 | February | 1906 | 21 | extensive injuries sustained from being run over by a train on the way to work |
Sutherland | James Roy | 15 | November | 1912 | 66 | injuries sustained from being caught in machinery - accidental death |
Steel | John Thomas | 20 | May | 1915 | 53 | ruptured aneurysm - natural causes |
McIntyre | Frank | 16 | September | 1919 | 18 | crushed beneath a set of skips - accidental death |
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