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Surname
WEATHERALL
Forename
William
Day
29
Month
09
Year
1914
Age
50
Occupation
Washer Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Trimdon Grange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Walter Scott Ltd
Location
Trimdon Grange
County
Durham
Details of Event
Deceased was caught by the revolving shafting driving the pistons of a Luhrig washer, and whirled around and killed. It is supposed that he had climbed on to the coal feed box to feel whether the eccentrics were running cool.