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Surname
BROOKS
Forename
William
Day
28
Month
10
Year
1901
Age
35
Occupation
Coal cutter
Mine/Quarry Name
Clay Cross, No.9
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clay Cross Iron & Coal Co.
Location
Wingerworth
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased was in charge of a coal-cutting machine and when fixing new cutters in the cutter disc he turned on the electric current to move it round when the whole machine moved sideways causing deceased to be struck by the revolving cutters. He died 7th. Nov.