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Surname
CLEGG
Forename
Henry
Day
01
Month
01
Year
1904
Age
22
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dodworth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Old Silkstone Collieries Ltd
Location
Dodworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was lying down holing the coal when a long piece of middle dirt immediately above fell on him and killed him instantly. The fall disclosed a pothole some 2ft above the place where he was working.