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Surname
LEE
Forename
Sylvester
Day
16
Month
06
Year
1905
Age
18
Occupation
Bye-workman
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitwood, Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
H. Briggs, Sons & Co. Ltd
Location
Whitwood
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and another man were bringing an empty train down a drift when it got amain and he by some means caught his head against a girder and was killed. There is little doubt they had been riding, which is contrary to the rules.