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Surname
BEECH
Forename
Charles James
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1912
Age
42
Occupation
Corporal
Mine/Quarry Name
Manvers Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manvers Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Wath upon Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was knocked down and killed by a rail of full tubs whilst examining signal wires on an inclined haulage plane. The road was 13 feet wide and 6 feet high, and manholes were within the prescribed distance. The speed of the haulage was about 8 miles an hour.