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Surname
STOKES
Forename
Thomas
Day
20
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
26
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Farrington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Farrington Colliery Co.
Location
Farrington Gurney
County
Somersetshire
Details of Event
The cage into which he was drawing a loaded tub backwards was drawn up without being signalled away as he was walking backwards he was unaware of it and fell into the sump (in which there was 8 feet of water and a considerable depth of mud and rubbish) pulling the loaded tram in with him.