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Surname
MASON
Forename
Edwin
Day
29
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
14
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Wath Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wath Main Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Wath-upon-Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was standing under an old ripping lip in a gate waiting for a tub, when some bind fell from the lip and knocked him down, fracturing his spine. He died 21 days later. The lip was supported by a prop set at about the middle, of the road, which was about 11 feet wide.