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Surname
DAVIS
Forename
Thomas E.
Day
30
Month
11
Year
1904
Age
26
Occupation
Feller
Mine/Quarry Name
Sharlston West [or Walton]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Sharlston Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Walton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When ripping in a gateway a fall took place and displaced a prop and killed him. The stone was released and it burst out of the roof without warning, owing to the pressing of the strata above.