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Surname
WILLIAMSON
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
36
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Auckland Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd
Location
Bishop Auckland
County
Durham
Details of Event
He was found fast between the chain of a coal elevator and the return drum round which it worked. It is assumed he was tightening up the tension rod of the drum carriage when the machinery was set in motion. He had improperly, and unknown to the management, been allowing a small boy to start or stop the driving steam engine in response the signals. The accident would not have happened if deceased had carried out his in instructions and not delegated his work to someone else.