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Surname
WYMER
Forename
Reuben
Day
18
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
36
Occupation
Cartman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dipton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Bowes & Ptrs Ltd
Location
Dipton
County
Durham
Details of Event
Died 19th May. Deceased was loading a cart at the colliery with steel bars from a railway truck. The bars were 8 feet long and each weighed more than 1 cwt. Deceased stood in the cart and as the bars were lowered to him laid them crossways and had so placed three of them when the horse moved forward deceased fell off backwards and the three bars rolled and fell upon his stomach.