William Johnson
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 2nd Dec 1853 |
| Accident: | 2nd Dec 1853 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1832 |
| Colliery: | Leasingthorne |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Bank Rider |
| Notes: | locomotive accident |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
On 2 December, George Towers and William Johnson were riding on a locomotive steam engine which was drawing 42 waggons laden with coal from Leasingthorne Colliery to Chilton bank top. The two men got off to oil the waggons as they went along, and returned to the engine by walking along the top of the coals. After walking along the side-board, they passed the engine, and as Towers tried to get on the coal tender, he slipped and fell between it and the engine onto the rails. The engineman, George Manners, immediately put the machine into reverse and got off to find Towers lying on the rails; he had been run over by the engine and his right leg was broken and lacerated. He was taken home and died at six o’clock the same day.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 10 Dec 1853 | County Durham Inquests (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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