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Surname
WALKER
Forename
Ernest
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1909
Age
25
Occupation
Trimmer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wrenthorpe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Low Laithes Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Wrenthorpe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Instead of waiting for the locomotive, he proceeded to lower wagons under the screens by himself. He was found dead under one of the wagons and it is probable that after taking out the scotches he was passing in front of the wagons to get at the brakes when he was run over.