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Surname
DOUGHERTY
Forename
Arthur
Day
20
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
29
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Monk Bretton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Monk Bretton Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Monk Bretton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was lowering three empty tubs down a gradient of 1 in 8, he being in front. There were two lockers in the wheels but he was overcome and his skull was fractured between the tubs he was lowering and a set in front. The accident was the outcome of a direct contravention of General Regulation 26.