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Surname
ABELL
Forename
Joe
Day
30
Month
03
Year
1900
Age
14
Occupation
Horse driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Bolsover
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bolsover Colliery Co.
Location
Bolsover
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
While attempting to get on the shaft iron connecting the horse to a train of full tubs he fell and was run over. The buffer of the tub which he intended to use as a step to get on the shaft iron had been broken off and this defect was probably the cause of the accident.