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Surname
THORNTON
Forename
Eli
Day
23
Month
12
Year
1905
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
St John's (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Locke & Co. (Newland) Ltd
Location
Normanton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was placing an empty tub to be filled when a piece of dirt at the top of top coal fell and caught and knocked him against the tub and fatally injured him. The dirt was only slightly overhanging, but a bump took place and forced it off.