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Surname
GEDDES
Forename
Robert
Day
02
Month
08
Year
1904
Age
49
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Bourn Moor, D Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Bourn Moor
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died from the effects of strangulated hernia alleged to have been caused by lifting pipes in the pit but medical evidence and post-mortem showed that strangulation could not have occurred in the pit.