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Surname
PALFREY
Forename
Joseph William
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
17
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Clay Cross
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clay Cross Iron & Coal Co.
Location
Clay Cross
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
While guiding empty tubs as his pony drew them over the points into a gate a piece of bind, weighing 6 cwts fell from the side behind him and fractured his skull. Blood poisoning set in, and he died in hospital on 20th January, 1914.