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Surname
WILKINSON
Forename
Smith
Day
22
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
13
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Rothwell Haigh
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & J. Charlesworth Ltd
Location
Rothwell
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When driving a set of eight full corves to the endless rope haulage he, by some means, was run over by the first tub and killed. The circumstances point to his having been riding on the first tub and in passing a rather low place having fallen off when leaning forward to clear the roof.