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Surname
CROSSWAITE
Forename
Ben
Day
21
Month
09
Year
1905
Age
44
Occupation
Corporal
Mine/Quarry Name
Lidgett
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lidgett Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Tankersley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and a boy were trying to replace the endless rope while it was in motion on to an angle pulley, which it had come off, when the weight on the rope was so great that it flew over and hit him a violent blow on the leg. Died October 10th of embolism probably caused by the injuries.