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Surname
ROSS
Forename
Edward
Day
13
Month
04
Year
1910
Age
16
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Burnhope
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
U.A. Ritson & Sons Ltd
Location
Burnhope
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was about to drive away with four full tubs, and after hanging on his pony he put in his cotter. Whilst deceased was sitting down on the limbers driving the pony the nut came off the bolt end inside the tub and Ross fell to the ground. The tubs passed on to him and his skull was smashed. The nut had apparently worked loose and come off the bolt end inside the tub. After the accident the bolt ends on all tubs were hammered down so that the nut could not become unscrewed.