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Surname
HEWITT
Forename
Arthur
Day
07
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
14
Occupation
Haulage Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Elm
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
G. Watkinson & Sons Ltd
Location
Buckley
County
Flintshire
Details of Event
Deceased was attending to the lashing chains used for connecting the tubs to the endless rope haulage, and had been assisting to get some tubs on the rails. When returning to his usual place of work he was knocked down by runaway tubs and fatally injured, owing to the breakage of a lashing chain.