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Surname
POTTER
Forename
Benjamin Urwin
Day
29
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
15
Occupation
Screenlad
Mine/Quarry Name
Backworth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Backworth Collieries Ltd
Location
Backworth
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased was going home from the pit, walking along the colliery line, when he, with others, attempted to bord a set of wagons starting to go in the same direction. Deceased must have been jolted off and crushed between the buffers. His body was found almost immediately after he mounted the wagon.