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Surname
EVANS
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
39
Occupation
Incline Roadman
Mine/Quarry Name
Donisthorpe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Donisthorpe Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Donisthorpe
County
Leicestershire
Details of Event
Deceased attended to the required repairs on an inclined plane roadway, and whilst so engaged he was run down and fatally injured by a set of 13 full tubs that were gravitating to the plane bottom. He vas probably taken by surprise at his work and run down before he could step aside.