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Surname
BROADHEAD
Forename
Thomas
Day
15
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
15
Occupation
Nipper
Mine/Quarry Name
Darfield Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mitchell Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Darfield
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He had finished his day’s work and, along with two other boys, was on his way to the shaft; they had hold of his pony’s tail chain so as to be pulled up a drift. The deceased was urging the pony along when it kicked and hit him on his chest and killed him. All the boys knew they were doing wrong.