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Surname
VERNON
Forename
Edward
Day
12
Month
02
Year
1908
Age
17
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Greasbrough
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Greasbro’ Coal Co.
Location
Greasbrough
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was employed, at the time of the accident, at a coalcutting machine to remove the dirt from under the coal as the machine undermined it. The machine was started, and when the disc had made three or four revolutions he was caught between the cutting wheel and the frame of the machine and killed.