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Date:	10th October 1904
Colliery:	Monkwearmouth
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

Deceased, who had acted as a driver for about six weeks, was taking five full tubs outbye on a slightly rising gradient, the road being of ample width and height and the way good. He was sitting on the limbers when last seen alive. The deputy found his set standing; the pony still hung on, but the first tub was off the rails with all its wheels and had run so for some feet, and was considerably to one side of the road; deceased was fastened by the feet between the derailed tub and a prop and his head was badly crushed. The wheels and axles of the derailed tub were in good order, and there was nothing to be seen that would account for the accident. He may have been driving too fast. The Local Inspectors reported that they found it "a pure accident."

Source:

1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)

	Adams, George William, aged 14, Driver, [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 13 Oct 1904 pg 3], Buried: Southwick Cemetery, Sunderland
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