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Surname
FIDDES
Forename
William
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1912
Age
30
Occupation
Platelayer
Mine/Quarry Name
Stargate Incline
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stella Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ryton
County
Durham
Details of Event
On a gravity worked incline a set of four full wagons became detached from rope. They jumped the metals at the refuge hole deceased and others were seeking shelter in, catching the top of the arch of the recess knocking the masonry down, causing deceased to fall under the last wagon as it passed.