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Surname
NURSER
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
47
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Kingsbury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kingsbury Collieries Ltd
Location
Tamsworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased was lowering air empty wagon on the rail track next to the walling of the winding engine-house. He was not familiar with the road and the light was bad. He walked beside the wagon with his hand on the brake lever, and as the space between the wagon and the walling gradually narrowed. He was fatally crushed.