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Surname
MARSTON
Forename
Thomas
Day
14
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
15
Occupation
Door Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Newdigate
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newdigate Colliery (1914) Ltd
Location
Bedworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased’s work was to open and shut a door as circumstances required. This he could do by means of a rope and without leaving a refuge-hole He opened it to allow a train to pass, and when last seen was standing watching the train. Later on he was found 20 yards down the roadway. He had been working stripped to the waist and his back was covered with severe scratches. He said he had been dragged along by the train. He was taken home and his injuries treated as being only slight. He, however, died on the 21st from septic pneumonia.