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Surname
ARCHDALE
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1909
Age
53
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Elsecar Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl Fitzwilliam
Location
Elsecar
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
With others he was engaged in enlarging and re-timbering a main haulage road. Whilst he was preparing to set t prop a heavy fall of stone occurred. He was struck on the head by the edge of the falling stone and killed on the spot.