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Surname
MARATTY
Forename
Patrick
Day
27
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
18
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Dawdon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
Location
Seaham Harbour
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was going inbye with an empty tub and was sitting on the limbers when his head was crashed between the tub and low balk at a place where a second ripping was being taken down. There was a space of five inches between the tub top and the underside of the balk, and although he was thoroughly accustomed to the road, having passed along it 60 times during that shift, he had evidently, for the moment, forgotten the low place.