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Surname
WILDGOOSE
Forename
C.W.
Day
17
Month
03
Year
1911
Age
18
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Tinsley Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Tinsley Park Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Tinsley Park
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was shovelling smudge away from the delivery spout in the hopper, which was full, and was standing in the hopper to do so. The wagon lowerer withdrew the emptying shutter, and Wildgoose was carried with the smudge into the bottom of the hopper and was suffocated.