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Surname
DOWSON
Forename
Thomas Oswald
Day
21
Month
11
Year
1908
Age
14
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Thornley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
New Thornley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He attempted to get out of a cage at bank after it had been rapped away. He was caught by the cage and had his thigh broken. He died on 29th September 1909 from tuberculosis the result of the accident.