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Surname
ELLSWORTH
Forename
Joseph Benedick
Day
24
Month
02
Year
1903
Age
18
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Burradon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Burradon
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
The lad in charge of the bankhead of self-acting incline was not at work and another lad took his place; in attempting to put a drag into the wheel of the second of two loaded tubs he missed and the tubs ran amain tipping up a safety switch at the bankhead which was in position for stopping the tubs they ran away to the bottom of the incline and crushes deceased who drove outbye from that point.