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Christopher Geldart
| Age: | 43 |
| Died: | 12th Dec 1924 |
| Accident: | 12th Dec 1924 3.50 p.m., hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1881 |
| Colliery: | Tudhoe and Croxdale |
| Company: | Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Brickworks Labourer |
| Notes: | Deceased was going home after finishing his shift. He was walking along the colliery sidings towards a level crossing. For some reason, he attempted to cross the lines before arriving at the crossing, and was run over and fatally injured by the first of a set of eight empty wagons gravitating towards the screens. Continuous warning was given by the locomotive whistle. It was daylight at the time of the accident. Deceased should have seen the moving wagons |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: Railways, Sidings or Tramways |
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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: 76, Accident Number: 189
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