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Surname
BURKINSHAW
Forename
Samuel
Day
22
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
23
Occupation
Gang Runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Thrybergh Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & J. Charlesworth Ltd
Location
Kilnhurst
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was bringing a set of 10 tubs out of a branch road from which they were drawn by a tail rope at speed of 2 miles an hour, and vas riding on the "divvy," when by some means he lost his footing and was severely crushed between the tubs and the side of the road.