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Surname
COATES
Forename
Christopher
Day
05
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
56
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Eldon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Shildon
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was pulling an india-rubber hose pipe off an iron pipe; it came off more easily than he had expected, and he fell backwards and rolled beneath a fence and dropped a distance of 5.5 feet on to a daub box and fractured his ribs. He died when being removed to his home.