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Surname
DEIGHTON
Forename
George William
Day
07
Month
02
Year
1912
Age
31
Occupation
Hurrier
Mine/Quarry Name
Old Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Old Silkstone Collieries Ltd
Location
Silkstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was taking a full tub of coal down a gate road when another hurrier coming behind caught his head against a bar and lost control of his tub. The tub gathered speed and ran into deceased near the bottom of the gate crushing him against his own tub and fatally injuring him.