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Surname
BLAKEY
Forename
Harry
Day
24
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
38
Occupation
Loco. Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Westerton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Coundon
County
Durham
Details of Event
He got down from a waggon to change over some points over which the locomotive and waggons had just passed in order that they could pass on to another road. The points were moved by a throw over switch. He shouted to the driver to move on and climbed on to the front of the waggon which the locomotive was pushing. The waggon got off the road at the points, the fireman was thrown off and the wheels of the waggon passed over him killing him instantly. It was his duty to see that the lever of the throw over switch had dropped into its proper position. Probably it stuck in an upright position though it was in good order. His death was the result of his own want of care.