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Surname
DOWNING
Forename
William Bonner
Day
02
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
50
Occupation
Hooker-On
Mine/Quarry Name
Enderby Hill Quarry
Mineral Worked
Granite
Owner
Enderby & Stoney Stanton Granite Co. Ltd
Location
Enderby
County
Leicestershire
Details of Event
A locomotive with four empty wagons in front of it, pushed a loaded wagon into a dead end where it was scotched by deceased. The driver then started suddenly in the opposite direction, and immediately stopped. Deceased appeared to have attempted to cross the rails between the full and empty wagons, and the latter rebounding owing to the sudden stop, nipped him against the full wagon. He died from shock and internal haemorrhage.