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Surname
DICKINSON
Forename
Joseph Henry
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Rob Royd & Strafford Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Strafford Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Dodworth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was cutting out a prop in the goaf with his pick when a large stone fell from a slip in the roof and caused injuries of much a severe nature that he died the same day. It is probable that if the dog and chain had been used to draw the prop the accident would not have occurred.