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Page: 71. Name: Joseph Manson. Occupation: Timber loader. Place of accident: Thorp...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 527/954/371
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Page: 71.
Name: Joseph Manson.
Occupation: Timber loader.
Place of accident: Thorp Arch, Yorkshire.
Injury: Killed
Details of accident: He with some other men were about to unload some timber and when he was in the act of lifting a chain from the line his head was caught between the buffers of the wagons
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