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Surname
CROOKE
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
04
Year
1905
Age
50
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Balstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ramsley Exploration Syndicate Ltd
Location
Buckland Monachorum
County
Devonshire
Details of Event
When engaged clearing up an old adit level he was smothered by a fall of small stones and refuse from the back roof. The road was being opened out too small to allow of working freely or of being properly ventilated.