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Surname
LOCKHART
Forename
David Wise
Day
14
Month
07
Year
1910
Age
15
Occupation
Waggon Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherburn Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
A man was bringing an empty waggon down a slight incline towards the screens, and was riding on the rear step in order to use the brake. The deceased had got on to the front step at the opposite side unknown to the man who was running the waggon, and was crushed between the waggon and a retaining wall at a curve where there was only six inches clearance. The deceased had represented himself to be 15 years of age, and appeared to be quite that age, but he had no business on the waggon.