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Surname
HOPKINSON
Forename
Jim
Day
10
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
18
Occupation
Motor Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Rotherham Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Rotherham
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was working in the washer when a fuse burst and some of the metal fell into a bucket of benzol which had been used for cleaning. There was no explosion but only slow combustion, and deceased was trying to get the bucket out of the building when the flames spread and enveloped him.