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Thomas Watson
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 1st Nov 1911 |
| Accident: | 1st Nov 1911 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1897 |
| Colliery: | Ryhope |
| Company: | Ryhope Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Belt Lad |
| Notes: | his duty was, on receiving a signal, to work a clutch which drives one of the picking tables on the screens; this plant had only been in operation a few weeks and was not complete in every detail; by some means he became entangled amongst the clutch machinery, having probably been drawn there by the leather driving belt; a fence had been removed during the week-end and had not been replaced [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 03 Nov 1911 pg 5 col 5] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: By Machinery |
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- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 45, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report
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