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Surname
HILL
Forename
John Henry
Day
30
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
20
Occupation
Rope Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Brodsworth Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Brodsworth Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Doncaster, Woodlands
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and another youth were dragging a misshapen iron tub body along a timbered roadway with a horse. The tub struck a bar leg and knocked it out, letting down a girder which struck Hill pinning his head between it and the tub.