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Surname
CHARLTON
Forename
J.E.
Day
02
Month
03
Year
1911
Age
19
Occupation
Plane Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Houghton Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Houghton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Little Houghton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A train of full tubs was being drawn round a curve, when a link of the coupling chain broke, allowing the rope and chain to come, violently forward. Charlton was caught about the legs by the rope end and dragged 26 yards up the plane, being instantly killed.