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Surname
GILL
Forename
Herbert
Day
29
Month
01
Year
1900
Age
14
Occupation
Plane boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitwick, No.6
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitwick Colliery Co.
Location
Coalville
County
Leicestershire
Details of Event
One full train was standing on the engine plane when another train came up and the boy failed to disconnect the clip from the rope. The tubs went forward round a bend knocking the rollers out and this allowed the endless rope to swing over and kill the deceased. Another boy was injured.