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Frederick Davison
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 2nd Jul 1910 |
| Accident: | 2nd Jul 1910 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1896 |
| Colliery: | Eppleton |
| Company: | Hetton Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Haulage-lad |
| Notes: | A set of 55 full tubs had been drawn by main and tail rope haulage into a siding, and was being lowered back on to the mooring chain when a centre bar crook broke, and 53 of the full tubs ran amain down the siding. The deceased was at the rear end of the set, and had knocked off the tail rope and was probably holding up the "cow" whilst the set was being lowered back. There were three refuge holes within a distance of 10 yards, but apparently he had not time to reach one. The first seven tubs passed him all right, but the next got off the way and he was crushed by it. There was a slight flaw in the crook at the shoulder close to the tub which would he difficult to detect [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 06 Jul 1910 pg 3 col 3] |
| Buried: | Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents :: Haulage :: Run over or crushed by Trams and Tubs |
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Hetton-le-Hole — Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ351480
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Alfred DAVISON | |||
| Frederick DAVISON | 2nd Jul 1910 | 14 | 1896 |
| Jessie DAVISON | 1 | ||
| Sarah DAVISON | |||
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- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 39, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
- Headstone(s) in Hetton-le-Hole Cemetery
- Tombstone photograph (T-01008-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Karen Willis | 05 Mar 2009 |
family tree. Frederick Davison's father was my maternal greatgrand father. |
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| eric box | 04 Nov 2010 |
alfred davison was my grandfather my mother was one of his daughters (margaret) |
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