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Surname
ELLIOTT
Forename
George Henry
Day
04
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
36
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
North Biddick
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Fatfield
County
Durham
Details of Event
The meeting station was at the junction of two roads, on which sets of tubs were drawn by horses. Deceased, along with others, was waiting at the station when a set of five tubs came round an easy curve. The first tub left the rails and crushed him against a prop, against which he was sitting.