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Wilfed Andrew Keenan
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 11th Sep 1935 |
| Accident: | 11th Sep 1935 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1920 |
| Colliery: | Brancepeth |
| Company: | Strakers and Love Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Pony Driver |
| Notes: | he died at Newcastle Infirmary from a fractured skull; he had helped a putter get a tub back on the rails then climbed into the caunch, just after the putter had passed by he fell from the caunch to the ground |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A driver, aged 15, was killed at Brancepeth "A" Colliery, Durham. He assisted in re-railing a full tub on a roadway three feet high and 4 ft. 6 in. wide, and then took refuge on the top of a bottom canch to allow the tub to pass. It appeared that as the tub was being pushed past him he fell off the canch. His head was crushed between the tub and a side prop. The accident would not have occurred had he returned to the flat in front of the tub, but lack of clearance was the main cause of the accident.
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- 1935 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| NEIL HINDHAUGH | 13 Nov 2020 |
LAMB, KEENAN FAMILY HISTORY |
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