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Surname
MADDOCK
Forename
James
Day
23
Month
01
Year
1905
Age
28
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Redheugh
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Owners of Redheugh Colliery
Location
Gateshead
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased after being off work 10 weeks started to hew on the 23rd Jan. About two hours after he had started the deputy visited him and found him lying on the pavement breathing heavily, and nothing to suggest any accident. He never recovered consciousness but died in the pit. A doctor saw the body within an hour or so and gave evidence at the inquest that death was due to syncope due to mitral disease of the heart which may have been accelerated by intemperance and so the Jury found.