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Surname
De BANKES
Forename
Edward William
Day
19
Month
11
Year
1904
Age
26
Occupation
Corporal
Mine/Quarry Name
Holmewood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hardwick Colliery Co.
Location
Heath
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Crushed by runaway train of full tubs in the siding at the bottom of a self-acting incline. The pin of the coupling hook broke and let the whole of the train of six tubs run away. No overchain was used. He died 15 January.