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George William Danby
| Age: | 20 |
| Died: | 11th Dec 1924 |
| Accident: | 27th Nov 1924 7.15 p.m., 7th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1904 |
| Colliery: | Morrison Busty |
| Company: | South Moor Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | through falling whilst attempting to board a set of moving wagons |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: Railways, Sidings or Tramways |
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A labourer was killed at the South Moor Morrison Colliery, Durham. A locomotive was hauling nine 20-ton coal wagons, and an empty stone truck. When the train had travelled about 160 yards, deceased attempted to climb on to the step of the last coal wagon. He slipped and fell in front of the empty stone wagon, receiving injuries from which he died two weeks later. He had no duties connected with shunting operations. He had finished his day's work, and was on his way home.
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- 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: 30
- 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: 76, Accident Number: 187
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