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Surname
WILKINSON
Forename
Ritson
Day
03
Month
05
Year
1910
Age
17
Occupation
Gripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Dean & Chapter
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Details of Event
It was his duty to attach sets of tubs to the endless rope by means of a grip. The rope runs under the tubs at a speed of about three miles an hour. The grip is attached at the front end of the set, and needs some considerable force to tighten. The lad was found under the third tub which was off the way. No one saw the accident, and it is thought he had fallen down in front of the set of tubs when tightening the grip. Buried in Duncombe Cemetery Ferryhill.