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Old 06-12-2012, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by hollydog View Post
I would imagine falling into Blyth harbour was not a pleasant experience in those days and it certainly did for him!
I would really like to know the circumstances surrounding the event though
You should find a coroner's inquest report in one of the local papers. Alternatively there might be surviving coroners' records at Woodhorn. I know that they don't have the North Northumberland ones but you might be lucky with Blyth.
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