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Surname
WILLIAMSON
Forename
Dixon
Day
23
Month
03
Year
1911
Age
72
Occupation
Greaser
Mine/Quarry Name
Leasingthorne
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Coundon
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was at an offtakes junction, and knowing the set was going one way he went into the other. The off take lad when changing his ropes had forgotten to change the switch. The set got off the way, and Williamson was crushed against a brick wall. If he had been a younger and more active person he might have lumped clear of the tubs.