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Page: 78. Name: John Sockett. Occupation: Fireman. Place of accident: Welshpool,...

Catalogue reference: RAIL 92/147/377

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This record is about the Page: 78. Name: John Sockett. Occupation: Fireman. Place of accident: Welshpool,... dating from 1903 May 16 in the series Cambrian Railways Company. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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RAIL 92/147/377
Date
1903 May 16
Description

Page: 78.

Name: John Sockett.

Occupation: Fireman.

Place of accident: Welshpool, Montgomeryshire.

Injury: Penetration to thigh.

Details of accident: Sockett was in the act of stepping backwards off tender on to footplate of Engine at Welshpool when his thigh came in contact with reversing lever catch the lever being in the backward gear, and the handle of the catch penetrated his thigh.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Closed For 75 years
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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RAIL 92

Cambrian Railways Company

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