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Surname
FLOYDE
Forename
Wilfred
Day
08
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
14
Occupation
Clipper
Mine/Quarry Name
Warsop Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Shirebrook
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
He was watching a set of empty tubs pass over a junction on the main plane when a set of full ones was accidentally shunted out of the junction owing to the failure of another clipper to get the Smallman clip off in time. In the smash that ensued deceased was killed.