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Surname
DRYDEN
Forename
William Hedley
Day
31
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
16
Occupation
Landing Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Dudley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Annitsford
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased noticing that an incoming haulage rope was not wrapping properly upon the drum, went into the rope race and attempted to guide the rope with a piece of iron hooked at each end. A coupling or socket upon the rope caught the hook the other end of which probably caught the lad's clothing, and dragged him on to the drum. Before the machinery could be stopped he was taken twice around the drum and instantly killed.