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Surname
HOWITT
Forename
Samuel
Day
26
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
13
Occupation
Bat Picker
Mine/Quarry Name
Bailey Brook
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Butterley Co. Ltd
Location
Langley Mill
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased left his place of work to follow some dirt down the Screens, and slipped on a heap of bats. He fell between the moving belt and the fence and sustained a severely lacerated thigh. He died from loss of blood and shock. He had been warned not to leave his post whilst the machinery was running.