The two deaths recorded for Acklington in addition to Robert Purvis, are Christopher Robertson Copland (1899) and Daniel Rutherford (1900). Both are buried in Amble East Cemetery. The register states that Copeland was killed at Togston Colliery, although the Mines Inspectorate states Acklington. The register is silent with regard to Rutherford only saying that he was of Hope House.
The Shields Gazette has a report of Daniel Rutherford's death but mistakenly quotes his age as 22 instead of 72, the Mines Inspector states that he is 68. Daniel was baptised at Warkworth in 1828, born at Amble Low Hall.
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