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Surname
GRADY
Forename
J.
Day
04
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
27
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Rotherham Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Rotherham
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Was working at the front of a patent coke oven and stood on a pipe to let the travelling tram pass instead of coming down. There was room for him to stand in safety but he probably slipped as the ram was passing and was crushed between it and a vertical gas pipe.