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Surname
DYSON
Forename
Robert
Day
08
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
24
Occupation
Corporal
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Thrybergh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
While lifting a tub on the rails a full tub which had become derailed and had knocked one of the legs from under as 12 ft bar a large fall of roof occurred killing him instantly. Three bars were displaced. A mid prop should have been set before he attempted to replace the tubs on the rails.