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Surname
ARMSTRONG
Forename
John
Day
29
Month
07
Year
1909
Age
57
Occupation
Dayman
Mine/Quarry Name
Grassmoor, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Grassmoor Colliery Co.
Location
Temple Normanton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased was told by the stallman to set a bar at the buttock, to which he demurred saying it was unnecessary. He started cutting a hole in the coal face to receive the bar when the roof fell and killed him.