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Surname
WILLIAMSON
Forename
Baker
Day
30
Month
03
Year
1910
Age
58
Occupation
Banksman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wheldale
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wheldale Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Castleford
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The empty cage was standing on the "fallers". The signals were given to the engineman from the hanger-on and banksman to go on. The engineman in mistake pulled the cage into the headgear leaving the pit unprotected, and Williamson who was pulling the levers of the fallers fell into the shaft.