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Surname
SHAW
Forename
John Willie
Day
28
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
16
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
South Kirkby
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Kirkby, Featherstone & Hemsworth Collieries Ltd
Location
South Kirkby
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was riding on the limbers while driving a set of full tubs. The limbers became disconnected from the tub by a cotter pin coming out and be dropped under the tubs, two of which passed over him. The cotter pin could not have been properly put in. He died a week later from peritonitis.