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Surname
WILKINSON
Forename
George W.
Day
09
Month
05
Year
1905
Age
21
Occupation
Bankhead Assistant
Mine/Quarry Name
Hetton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hetton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hetton le Hole
County
Durham
Details of Event
A set of waggons, when knocked off on reaching bank head on private railway overran the chain which caught him and threw him under the waggons, causing serious injury to both legs. He died soon after reaching Sunderland Infirmary.