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Surname
DALTON
Forename
Reuben
Day
06
Month
02
Year
1908
Age
37
Occupation
Byeworkman
Mine/Quarry Name
Orgreave
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rothervale Collieries Ltd
Location
Handsworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The deceased was assisting to drill a vertical shot hole into a piece of sandstone forming the roof of the road when the stone fell upon and killed him. The stone was 2ft. by 2ft. by 20ins. thick and had two loose sides and a weight break which could not be seen before the stone fell on the third side. The operation of drilling vertical holes into the roof is a dangerous one as the men are working under the stone and if it falls, as it is apt to by the jarring of the drill, they have little chance to escape. Horizontal holes are safer and, as a rule, quite as convenient.