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Surname
SHAKESPEARE
Forename
Bert
Day
03
Month
03
Year
1911
Age
14
Occupation
Decker Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Bradford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bradford Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bradford
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Standing on a balk in front of top deck of cage having, it is alleged, tested the controllers and called out they were right, the full tubs overran and struck him inflicting injuries from which, in two hours, he died. He had failed to fix the controllers aright.