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Surname
HEMSLEY
Forename
Edwin
Day
25
Month
10
Year
1902
Age
29
Occupation
Carpenter
Mine/Quarry Name
Donisthorpe, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Checkland Son & Williams
Location
Donisthorpe
County
Leicestershire
Details of Event
The two men had been repairing the shaft below the cage landing and were in a hoppit suspended by a rope under the cage. They signalled to be raised up and while ascending the shaft the engineman lost control of the winding engines the cage was overwound and the two deceased fell down the shaft. 2 killed.