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Surname
WILLETTS
Forename
Edward Rowbotham
Day
08
Month
02
Year
1901
Age
15
Occupation
Appts. Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Thornley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co. Ltd
Location
New Thornley
County
Durham
Details of Event
After his work was done he was walking down the sidings on his way home and was passing a switch lever the handle flew over and knocked him under some moving loaded trucks and severed one of his legs below the knee. Died the following day.