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Surname
SMITH
Forename
John
Day
01
Month
05
Year
1905
Age
29
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Exhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Exhall Colliery Ltd
Location
Bedworth
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
A train of six empty tubs broke away down an incline of 1 in 13 and ran into another train of stationary tubs being filled by the deceased. He was fatally crushed and died the same day.