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Surname
BROOK
Forename
Walter
Day
11
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
50
Occupation
Hanger-on
Mine/Quarry Name
Ingham's Thornhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ingham's Thornhill Collieries Ltd
Location
Thornhill
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was loading the cage at the pit bottom when a small piece of coal dropped down the shaft and caught him on the cheek. A carbuncle developed and he died on 13th September, the medical evidence being to the effect that he died from diabetes accelerated by a carbuncle caused by the accident.