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Surname
GEIRVES
Forename
Ernest Victor
Day
12
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
17
Occupation
Screen Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Rising Sun
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co.
Location
Wallsend
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased had put an empty timber tram into a hoist on the surface and after he had shouted ‘Hi away’ (according to evidence) he was caught by the cage on its descent and fatally crushed between the end of the cage and the decking.