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Surname
YORK
Forename
Ottiwell
Day
08
Month
11
Year
1905
Age
30
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherburn, Lady Durham Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lambton Collieries Ltd
Location
Sherburn
County
Durham
Details of Event
The banksman on landing a full kibble had not seen that it was flat on the bogie. On the winding rope being disconnected the bogie was about to be moved back when the kibble over-turned and parts of its contents fell down the shaft some hitting a man and fracturing his skull.