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Surname
CROFT
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
11
Year
1909
Age
15
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Seaham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Seaham
County
Durham
Details of Event
It is surmised that he was either jolted off the limbers by the first tub of his set getting off the way, or that he had been trying to lift the tub on to the way and had slipped and had his skull fractured, No one witnessed the occurrence. The road was in good order and there was plenty of height and width.