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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.