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Surname
ELLWOOD
Forename
Isaac
Day
30
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
33
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitburn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Harton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died June 17. On 30th April deceased sprained his side by stepping back quickly to escape some falling top coal, and was off work three weeks when he resumed work up to June 2nd. He was taken to the Ingham Infirmary, South Shields, where he died, and an inquest, after a post-mortem examination, was held and medical evidence was given, that death was due to appendicitis with subsequent peritonitis and septic pneumonia. The jury found that death was due to natural causes.