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Surname
MASON
Forename
Arthur
Day
01
Month
04
Year
1910
Age
19
Occupation
Betty Lad
Mine/Quarry Name
Ackton Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackton Hall Colliery Co.
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A set of tubs having left the rails on an engine plane, the engine was reversed. The strain broke the shaft of an overhead pulley and Mason was struck by one of the broken pieces and killed. There was a flaw in the shaft.