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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Thomas Nixon
Day
17
Month
02
Year
1900
Age
35
Occupation
Onsetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitborn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Harton Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The top deck had been loaded and the cage was being raised when deceased was pushed against it by heavy timber tram which he was going to put into the empty tramroad. He was drawn up by the cage and crushed between it and the shaft timber.