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Surname
TOMLINSON
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
05
Year
1909
Age
17
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Orgreave
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rothervale Collieries Ltd
Location
Handsworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was travelling up an incline with a pony. A train of full tubs passed him safely, but afterwards a coupling broke and the tubs ran back and though they were derailed by the drag they crushed Tomlinson against a prop. He should not have travelled the incline whilst the tubs were being hauled up.