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William Wilkinson
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 21st Aug 1935 |
| Accident: | 21st Aug 1935 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1920 |
| Colliery: | Shotton |
| Company: | Horden Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Pony Driver |
| Notes: | he was struck and killed by a tub, address: 35 Front Street, Haswell Plough [Inquest 23 Aug 1935] |
| Buried: | St. Saviour's Church, Shotton Colliery |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 21 Aug 1935 | Shotton Pit Fatality, Tragedy After Working Four Weeks (Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette) |
| 21 Aug 1935 | Shotton Driver Boy Killed, Three Weeks After Starting Work (Northern Daily Mail) |
| 22 Aug 1935 | Pit Pony Driver Killed, Crushed By Truck At Shotton (The Yorkshire Post) |
| 24 Aug 1935 | Should Never Have Happened, Coroner's Comment, Inquest On Boy Victim Of Shotton Pit Accident (Northern Daily Mail) |
| 24 Aug 1935 | How Pit Boy Was Killed, Accident 'Should Never Have Happened' — Coroner, Workmate's Warning Shout Not Heard (Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette) |
| 26 Aug 1935 | Workmates Lead Cortege (Northern Daily Mail) |
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