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Surname
LEE
Forename
Thomas
Day
17
Month
09
Year
1904
Age
37
Occupation
Onsetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Dean & Chapter
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was rapping to the surface when the rapper wire by some means came in contact with the electric cable in the shaft and he received a shock from which he died within a few minutes. The voltage was 220, and the shaft and flat sheets on which he was standing were very wet.