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Surname
DRIVER
Forename
John William
Day
18
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
46
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Blackwell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Berristow
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Having removed a prop it the lip edge, he attempted to ringer the ripping down, but it did not fall. Fifty minutes later he was shovelling under the ripping and was killed by a fall, weighing a ton. He had not re-set the prop.