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Surname
SMITH
Forename
William
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1901
Age
66
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Saltwells, No.10
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Dudley
Location
Bowling Green
County
Worcestershire
Details of Event
He was removing bricks from an old retaining wall at the top of a branch railway cutting. He had thrown some on the line and ran down the slope of the cutting to remove them when he saw a train of trucks coming. He stumbled under the trucks and was killed.