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Surname
SMITH
Forename
William
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1901
Age
16
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Walbottle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Walbottle Coal & Firebrick Co.
Location
Walbottle
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Inquest attended. Deceased was driving a set of tubs past the bottom of the selfacting incline when a runaway tub came down the incline and caught him. The boy at the bankhead had been lowering the full set on to it and evidently the chock had not been secured.