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Oliver Drury

Age:   17
Died:   19th Mar 1924
Accident:   19th Mar 1924 7.5 a.m., 4th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1907
Colliery:   North Biddick
Company:   Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd.
Occupation:   Putter
Notes:  
Deceased was attaching his pony to a full tub, which had just been re-railed on a roadway near the face, when the pony suddenly drew away and deceased fell in front of the tub. The tub wheel caught his neck and dislocated it, death being instantaneous
Buried:   All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw
Category:   Haulage :: Run over or crushed by trams or tubs

Tombstone

Penshaw — All Saints Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ329539




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Hannah DRURY       
Oliver DRURY  19th Mar 1924  17  1907 
Robert DRURY       
William DRURY       

Sources
  • 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 69, Accident Number: 121
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-00902-01-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in All Saints Churchyard, Penshaw
  • Tombstone photograph (T-00908-01-0002) © Kev Duncan

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Kathryn Chapman   26 Jul 2018 

Oliver Drury is my second great uncle, brother to my great grandma.

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