Full Details

Surname

WILSON

Forename

Thomas Nixon

Day

17

Month

02

Year

1900

Age

35

Occupation

Onsetter

Mine/Quarry Name

Whitborn

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Harton Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Whitburn

County

Durham

Details of Event

Inspection made and inquest attended. The top deck had been loaded and the cage was being raised when deceased was pushed against it by heavy timber tram which he was going to put into the empty tramroad. He was drawn up by the cage and crushed between it and the shaft timber.