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Surname
TIMBRELL
Forename
Thomas James Shepperd
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1913
Age
17
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wallsend (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wallsend Ltd
Location
Howbeach
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Deceased was assisting to move an electric motor on a tram up an inclined road. The rails on which the tram was were loose at one end and one of them was 3 inches higher than the other. As he was passing the tram on the lower side of the motor fell over on him and then into a culvert. He also fell into the culvert and was so severely injured internally that he died shortly afterwards. The condition of the tram road and the neglect to properly secure the motor on the tram reflected very seriously upon the persons in charge of the operations.