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Surname
FLETCHER
Forename
John W.B.
Day
19
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
15
Occupation
Shale Picker
Mine/Quarry Name
Lingdale
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Pease & Partners Ltd
Location
Moorsholm
County
Yorkshire NR
Details of Event
Deceased was not feeling well and he got leave to go home during the third hour of the shift. He took an unauthorised short cut across the railway in a cutting, and was caught and run over by a locomotive. He either failed to notice the presence of the locomotive, or, having noticed it, tried and failed to cross the line in front of it.