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Surname
CHAPPELOW
Forename
Thomas
Day
16
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
59
Occupation
Rolleywayman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbottle, Dorothea Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Philadelphia
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was walking outbye at the end of his shift, when he was overtaken and caught by the front end of a full set of tubs travelling at about 4 miles per hour. The road was provided with proper refuge holes, and the clear space at the side required by the Coal Mines Act. There was nothing to show how, or why, deceased should have been caught by the set, but he was alone, and it seems likely that he had lost his light and so could not find a place of refuge.