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Surname
CHAPLAIN
Forename
Ernest
Day
03
Month
08
Year
1905
Age
14
Occupation
Incline boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Shildon Lodge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blockow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Shildon
County
Durham
Details of Event
Although told not to do so he got on to an empty tram which was being run down an incline. Sprags were in the wheels but one broke and the tram ran amain and threw him off breaking his neck.