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Surname
ARNOLD
Forename
Harry
Day
14
Month
01
Year
1909
Age
27
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Tilmanstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
East Kent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Eythorne
County
Kent
Details of Event
The winding engine man overwound the water barrel, which, becoming detached from the rope, owing to breakage of the pin of the D link, fell down the shaft and caused the death of these three men who were on a scaffold to steady the barrel, about 310 yards from the surface and 5 or 6 yards from the bottom. 3 killed. Single.