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Surname
TOYNE
Forename
George
Day
10
Month
08
Year
1909
Age
33
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Dinnington Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dinnington Main Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Dinnington
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
With other men he was lowering wagons one by one from a train. They had successfully moved three and Toyne was pushing the buffer of the fourth when the train moved forward and he was fatally crushed He had failed to sprag the train, thinking the gradient was too slight for the wagons to start by their own gravity.