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Surname
HOLMES
Forename
Thomas
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
36
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Waterloo Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Waterloo Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Temple Newsam
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Deceased was pulling a tarpaulin sheet off the top of a wagon of hay. The wind blow the sheet on to a revolving shaft some 2 feet away, the sheet and deceased were drawn round the shaft, and he was thrown violently to the ground and killed.