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Surname
COOPER
Forename
Arthur Edward
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1909
Age
50
Occupation
Hanger on
Mine/Quarry Name
Thorncliffe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd
Location
Thorncliffe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The man had occasion to cross from one side of the pit-bottom to the other, and, in doing so, he went underneath the descending cage instead of going the proper way provided for the purpose. He was caught by the cage and killed.