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Surname
FERGUSON
Forename
Joseph
Day
27
Month
06
Year
1912
Age
17
Occupation
Rope Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowburn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bell Brothers Ltd
Location
Cassop cum Quarrington
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was employed on an endless rope haulage system with the rope over the tubs his duty being to attach and detach the tubs to the rope. By some means (probably he was swaying on the rope) his waistcoat got fast on the rope and he was carried up against a guide sheave 7 feet 6 inches above the floor level.