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Surname
VASSIE
Forename
John
Day
10
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
21
Occupation
Pony Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
West Stanley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Stanley
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was putting tubs to the shaft skiing and had got in the dark several times. On being told by the under massager to go to the other side of the shaft to get another lamp, he fell over a low chain fence into the shaft and was drowned.