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Surname
FRAIN
Forename
James
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
24
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Soothill Wood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Soothill Wood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Batley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was descending the shaft with seven others when the cage gates came open and he fell backwards down the shaft, alighting on the top of the ascending cage. He was instantly killed.