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Surname
WHITEHEAD
Forename
Thomas William
Day
07
Month
08
Year
1914
Age
54
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Dark Lane
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mirfield Colliery Co.
Location
Ravensthorpe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was propelling himself along the wagon road to his working face on a low tram 7 inches high, when he slipped off at the flat sheets 200 yards from the coal face and bruised his knee. Gangrene supervened, and he died on the 26th September.