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Surname
BLAND
Forename
George
Day
04
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
15
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Boldon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Harton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
West Boldon
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased, who had worked 4 months underground and had acted as a driver for 6 weeks left a flat sitting on the limbers of a pony drawing two full tubs. The road rose slightly outbye. He was found seriously injured about the head lying across the road behind his set to which the pony was still hung on and the tubs on the rail There were props supporting crown's by the side of the road and within a few inches of the tub and it was surmised he had allowed his head to project possibly he had been looking back to see if the putters had come out and was caught. The road was in good order. The Local Inspector's reported after reciting the fact, ‘In our opinion the injury has been purely accidental. The boy getting his head bruised between tub side and timber but no certain evidence to show how it was done.’