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Surname
LEE
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
21
Occupation
Coke Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Thrybergh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
While the coke was being mate and stamped by a 7.5-H.P motor taking 550 volts, alternating current, he climbed over a fence to get from the top of the coke ovens into the stamping house he came into contact with the live wires and was electrocuted.