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Surname
SQUIRES
Forename
Samuel
Day
07
Month
09
Year
1912
Age
25
Occupation
Boiler Chargeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Grimethorpe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carlton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Grimethorpe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Deceased, 4 hours after sludging a boiler, was attempting to remove the manhole door. His spanner slipped and, having partly uncovered the culvert in which the water was standing, he fell into it. He died from shock due to scalding.