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Surname
HUNTER
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
10
Year
1903
Age
62
Occupation
Railway Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitburn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Harton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died 3rd October. This accident occurred on a colliery railway which is also used as a passenger line and is worked under Board of Trade rules. The accident happened on a pay Friday night after deceased bad received his pay and had had some liquor. He was run over by a train and both legs severed. He was removed to the South Shields Infirmary where he died.