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Surname
WILD
Forename
James
Day
22
Month
11
Year
1911
Age
31
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Southgate
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shire Oaks Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Clowne
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
The winding engineman lost control of the engine while 12 men were being lowered, and the cage dashed violently on the sump boards and was again twice, suddenly raised and lowered. Three of the men were thrown out, and falling on the sump boards were fatally crushed by the cage on its second descent. All the other men were injured, four of them very seriously. 3 killed. Married and left a widow and eight children.