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Surname
WADDINGTON
Forename
Joseph
Day
03
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
44
Occupation
Runrider
Mine/Quarry Name
Stanhope, Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Old Silkstone Collieries Ltd
Location
Silkstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When riding on the front end of a full train of tubs the first tub, probably owing to a piece of stone falling on to the rails got on the way and displaced a prop and this caused four or five bars to he displaced with the stone resting on them, and he was completely covered and killed.