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Surname
BROWN
Forename
Thomas
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
45
Occupation
Rolleywayman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedlington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bedlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bedlington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Died Feb.10. About noon, a driver's pony fell down and lay on its side at a point 1.25 miles from the shaft. Deceased was near, and he proceeded to lift it the first attempt failed, but the second was successful. Deceased said nothing to the driver but went at once and pat his clothes on and walked outbye. At the shaft he said to the back overman he had strained himself while lifting the pony, and had felt pain and vomited since. He was seen by the Colliery doctor the same night who found a small rupture on the right side. Next day, assisted by another doctor, he put deceased under chloroform and manipulated the hernia, easing the pain. As deceased still suffered from sickness, he was sent to Newcastle Infirmary on the 7th Feb., and at night was operated on, when an old hernia was found to be strangulated. He never picked up after the operation, and died two days after. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death returned.