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Surname
CRANE
Forename
Charles Norman
Day
25
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
16
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Prince of Wales (d)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Exors of E. Lister Kaye
Location
Netherton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was riding on the second tub of a set of eight full ones which he was taking to the pass-bye when the first tub left the rails and knocked out a prop letting down a steel girder which struck him, fatally injuring him Deceased had not used sufficient lockers although he had been cautioned by another driver before he removed the safety blocks.