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Surname
SYMONS
Forename
James
Day
23
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
18
Occupation
Surface Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Lady Durham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton & Hetton Collieries Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
No one witnessed the accident, but it is probable that he was crushed between a four-ton black waggon with inclined sides and a truck under the screens. The distance between the buffers on the black waggons being less than between the buffers of the trucks, and at a lower level. The former pass inside the latter when they are joined up, and the truck buffers come against the inclined sides of the black waggons. The method of coupling used on the black waggons is by a pin and shackle which makes the use of a coupling pole difficult, and it is customary to bring both waggon and truck to rest by chocking the wheels. Apparently he had neglected to do this on the present occasion.