September 8th 1849
....another inquest was held by the same coroner at the house of Mr. Henry Muers, innkeeper, at Radcliffe Terrace, near Amble, on the body of George Bolton, pitman, aged thirty years. The deceased, on the preceding day, was working at Radcliffe Colliery, when a piece of coal about five tons in weight fell upon him and crushed him to death; the deceased's brother was working near to him at the time, hut sustained no injury Verdict—" Accidental death."
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