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Surname
McCANN
Forename
Peter
Day
22
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
17
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Wardley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Bowes & Ptrs Ltd
Location
Gateshead
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died May 24. Deceased a pony putter was going inbye in the Low Main seam with an empty tub and would probably be riding on the limbers. The tub appears to have derailed at a turn and knocked a prop out, displacing a pair of gears. Deceased appears to have gone to the outbye end of a tub to lift it on the way when he was caught by a fall of roof stone. Officials had been past the place several times during the day and observed nothing wrong. The Local Inspectors reported 'In our opinion we consider the accident purely accidental.'