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Surname
SWITHENBANK
Forename
Joseph
Day
20
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
17
Occupation
Byeworker
Mine/Quarry Name
Middleton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Middleton Estate & Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Middleton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst engaged in widening the pit porch deceased heard a runaway on an incline and when making his way to the pit bottom, he was caught and fatally injured by a full tub. The runaway was caused by the four persons who had charge of it loosing control.