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Surname
PELLS
Forename
Robert
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
22
Occupation
Horsekeeper
Mine/Quarry Name
Preston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
U.A. Ritson & Sons Ltd
Location
Chirton
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased had attended to his horses and presumably was about to signal himself out of the pit, being duly authorised to do so. He put his head through the protecting gate, probably to see where the cage was, when the cage descended and caught his head and killed him.