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Surname
CROCKER
Forename
Henry
Day
18
Month
10
Year
1912
Age
57
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Tytherington Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Tytherington Stone Co.
Location
Tytherington
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
He and others were engaged in shunting operations. Apparently he was trying to pass in front of some moving wagons which were approaching some stationary ones so as to couple the two trains together. He was caught between the buffers and received such injuries that he died two days later.