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Surname
BROWNLEY
Forename
James
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1904
Age
17
Occupation
Plane boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Orgreave
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rothervale Collieries Ltd
Location
Handsworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He gave the usual signal for an empty set of tubs to be taken up a self-acting incline but forgot to attach the rope to the tubs. The man at the end took the set off the full tubs and was unable to control them they rushed to the bottom and collided with and displaced some chocks, which allowed some girders and roof to fall and was caught and killed by the fall.