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Surname
DENBY
Forename
Walter
Day
09
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
34
Occupation
Train runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stanton Iron Works Co.
Location
Teversal
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
A train of eight full tubs was going up an incline when the last tub got derailed. This tub was put right, and when the rope started again a link in the coupling chain broke and the drag failing to act, the train ran over the deceased.