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James Ernest Hunter
Men detained in Bishop Auckland General Hospital were:
| Leonard Rose | Leeholme | Two finger amputated |
| Kenneth Jones | Bishop Auckland | Head injury |
| Peter Ward | Coundon Grange | Fractured spine |
| John Hughes | Gurney Villa | Head injury |
| W. Errington | Coundon | Head and left arm injured |
| Walter Young | Leeholme | Fractured left leg |
| George Best | Coundon | Back injuries |
| George Hodgson | Coundon | Back injuries |
| John T. Lowe | Coundon | Head and back injuries |
| Thomas Clement Dolan | Eldon | Fractured spine |
| Lambert Atkinson | Coundon | Under observation |
| Brian Williams | Leasingthorne | Right arm injured |
| James D. Smith | Leasingthorne | Right leg injured |
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| 18 May 1955 | Pit "Train" Derailed, Miner Killed And 63 Injured (The Times) |
| 18 May 1955 | Pit Tubs Crash : One Dead, 63 Hurt, Haulage Rope Broke (The Yorkshire Post) |
| 19 May 1955 | Second Death After Pit Crash (The Yorkshire Post) |
| 05 Jan 1956 | News (Auckland Chronicle) |
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
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Anne Blood
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24 Jun 2016 |
I am researching this accident for a group of men who worked at Leasingthorne Colliery
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Peter Dolan
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29 Dec 2019 |
My father,Thomas clement Dolan was one of the injured men detained in hospital
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