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Surname
DALTON
Forename
Arthur
Day
20
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
37
Occupation
Corporal
Mine/Quarry Name
Aldwarke Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Parkgate
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was in front of an empty set of sixteen full tubs, which were being lowered down a haulage road when the engineman lost control of the set owing to the brake failing to act; a cotter pin connecting the brake strap to the lever either broke or fell out. He was run over and killed.