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Surname
PAIN
Forename
Edgar Mercer
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
42
Occupation
Deputy
Mine/Quarry Name
Windlestone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was going up a self-acting incline, 220 yards long having an average gradient of 8 inches per yard, when two tubs ran amain from the incline top and, knocking him down, killed him. The bank top lad had forgotten to couple all the tubs together, and the first two of a set of four ran amain. A second protective chock nor yet a runaway switch was provided.