south durham herald
west hartlepool
saturday 29 january 1870

accident at the rolling mills.

on tuesday last, james thurlow, employed as a 'hooker-on' upon the railway connected with the west hartlepool rolling mills, narrowly escaped being killed on the spot. he was riding on the buffer of a waggon, when, for some cause or other, three waggons of the train got off the way. from the shock he was thrown down, and the wheels of the last waggon passed over his legs, breaking the left one and severely lacerating the flesh of the right leg. he was at once removed, doctor oldham called in, and the broken leg set. he is, we believe, progressing well.


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