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Surname
DUNNING
Forename
Harold
Day
03
Month
02
Year
1908
Age
17
Occupation
Horse driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Norton in the Moors
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was taking his pony up the main dip at the close of his shift and was urging it on with his voice when it kicked out and knocked him backwards. He died three days later from effusion of blood on the brain. The pony had not previously been known to kick. Deceased had not struck or abused it.