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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Frederick Morris
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1910
Age
15
Occupation
Horse Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Low Stubbin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl Fitzwilliam
Location
Rawmarsh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was bringing a train of 46 tubs down a road having a slight gradient. The tubs were running by their own gravity. Another boy placed a bar of wood across the rails to steady the train. Smith foolishly stood on this, and after sliding a short distance lost his footing, and falling in front of the train was killed. Not more than 16 tubs should have formed the train.