

The young fellow, however, managed to escape, but the shock or fright was such as to produce temporary paralysis. A fall of bind occurred in the workings, and very nearly buried a young man named Edward Sales. Another, and rather singular occurrence took place at the same colliery yesterday. The man, who is a filler, or loader, was at work in one of the stalls, when a “slab” of coals, without any warning, fell forward upon him, crushing him on the wagon. FATAL ACCIDENT AT Markham Colliery, NEAR BOLSOVERĪn accident, attended with a fatal result, occurred at Markham Colliery, one of the Staveley Company’s pits, last Tuesday, by which a man named Isaac Turton, of Brimington, lost his life.
