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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Sydney
Day
05
Month
09
Year
1912
Age
19
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Monckton Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Monckton Collieries Ltd
Location
Upper Hiendley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He had been working on the top deck of a landing stage at the pit bottom, where he was last seen alive. Some 10 minutes later he was found lying by the side of the rope guide wheel. His head was crushed. The wheel was insecurely fenced.