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Surname
HILL
Forename
Richard
Day
09
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
24
Occupation
Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Elm, No.3
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
G. Watkinson & Sons Ltd
Location
Buckley
County
Flintshire
Details of Event
Deceased was taking a full tub down a road dipping 5 inches to the yard, when he was overtaken and killed by a runaway tub where the road was 4 feet wide and 3 feet high. The Drawer in charge of runaway tub lost control of it through slipping on a plate at entrance to a level.