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Surname
EVANS
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
14
Occupation
Spare-boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Kingsbury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kingsbury Collieries Ltd
Location
Tamsworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased, who had only been employed underground for about three months as a trapper, was assisting a corporal in order to get some insight into the duties of a driver. He went outbye to get a drink, and, when returning, appears to have lost his light when passing through some canvas sheets. He was knocked down by a set of four loaded tubs which a horse was bringing outbye the leading tub ran upon him and killed him.