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Surname
BACKHOUSE
Forename
William
Day
28
Month
03
Year
1911
Age
13
Occupation
Screen Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Garforth, Trench Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Owners of Garforth Colliery
Location
Garforth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When he was passing between two empty wagons other wagons bumped into them, and he was crushed between the buffers. If a shunter had been in front of the moving wagons the accident night have been prevented. After the accident the manager gave orders for this precaution to be taken.