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- Surname
- NEWCOMBE
- Forename
- William John
- Day
- 20
- Month
- 12
- Year
- 1910
- Age
- 32
- Occupation
- Hewer
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Seaham
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Londonderry Collieries Ltd
- Location
- Seaham
- County
- Durham
- Details of Event
- Whilst working with another hewer in a broken working, a fall of coal and ramble took place, but beyond scraping his nose and touching the other man's foot, nothing more was thought of it and both men completed their shift Next day he was unable to go to work owing to his face being swollen and one eye was completely closed. The Doctor was not called in until the following day, and it was then found that septic poisoning had set in, from which be died on 26th December.
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