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Surname
GOWLAND
Forename
Fred Gibson
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1901
Age
20
Occupation
Loco. Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Tursdale
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bell Brothers
Location
Cassop cum Quarrington
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was riding on the buffer on the first of five trucks which were being pushed by a locomotive into a siding. The truck got off the way and he fell and received such severe injuries that he died the following day.