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Surname
FITZSIMMONS
Forename
John Dalton
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
16
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Silksworth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Sunderland
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was found lying on the driving road, between the second and third tubs of his set of four, the first two tubs being off the way. The pony was found further inbye. The cotter to keep the pin of the limbers in the yoke hole of the tub could not be found. Probably the boy forgot to take it to work that morning, and this omission cost him his life. The pin had come out of the yoke hole and the boy dropped off the limbers in front of the set. His skull was fractured, and he died the same day at the Royal Infirmary, Sunderland.