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Surname
ELVIDGE
Forename
William
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
39
Occupation
Wagon lowerer
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadeby Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Cadeby
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A wagon was being lowered in the read next to the one at which he was employed. Due warning was given before it was moved and if he had stayed where he was he would have been safe he however moved and was caught by one of the wheels and fatally injured. There was plenty of room and light, and nothing in the road to trip him up, and the wagon was moving slowly.