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Surname
BURTON
Forename
George
Day
07
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
14
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Brodsworth Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Brodsworth Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Doncaster, Woodlands
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Deceased was in charge of a train of 16 empty tubs which was being lowered down a gradient of 1 in 12. He walked down in front of the moving empty train and on reaching the junction signalled for it to stop. He probably thought the train was going too fast. Immediately afterwards his leg was crushed against a brick pillar at the junction by the third tub of a train of twelve getting off the rails. The twelve tubs bad broken loose due to a fractured link at a point 60 yards away.