Richard Whittington crushed by the fall of a bell (General)
by lesleyr 
, London, Friday, April 02, 2010, 17:01 (5428 days ago)
Hello,
According to the transcript of the inquest into the death of Richard Whittingon in a colliery accident in April 1875, he was ‘Crushed by the fall of a bell in the Trafalgar Colliery’.
Does anyone know what sort of bell would have been able to cause his death by crushing him?
Lesley
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