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Surname
HOOKE
Forename
Browell Robinson
Day
01
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
41
Occupation
Joiner & Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newburgh
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Broomhill Collieries Ltd
Location
Amble
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased was the charge shaftman and had signalled the cage to the surface, from an inset 9 fathoms below the meetings. He then attempted to cross the shaft on a bunton to get to the gland which he was packing, but was struck by the descending cage and instantly killed.