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Surname
WEARMOUTH
Forename
Robert Jnr
Day
13
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
23
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
East Hetton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Walter Scott Ltd
Location
Kelloe
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was cleaning out a boiler and the boiler minder sludged some of the other boilers some scale had got into and prevented the valve of this boiler shutting closely and there was a slight escape of steam which severely scalded him all over the body. Died on the 17th.