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James Wilson Tunstall
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 21st Dec 1915 |
| Accident: | 21st Dec 1915 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1900 |
| Colliery: | Thornley |
| Company: | Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Pony Driver |
| Notes: | He was taking four full tubs out-bye to the endless rope, when the bolt connecting the limbers to the first tub came out and the tubs ran amain. He jumped off the tubs but was badly injured and died of shock and septicemia in Durham County Hospital. At the inquest, which was held on 21 December, it was suggested that it a cotter pin had been used instead of a bolt, the accident would not have happened. |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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