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Surname
FENN
Forename
R.
Day
09
Month
12
Year
1903
Age
16
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
South Hiendley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Henry Musgrave Ltd
Location
South Hiendley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Instead of going for the engineman Fenn and another boy attempted to take a train of tubs down the engine plane without attaching the ropes. Fenn ran in front to turn the points but the lockers which were being used failed to sufficiently control the tubs and they overtook Fenn and ran over him.