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Surname
EVANS
Forename
Charles
Day
26
Month
03
Year
1913
Age
28
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Featherstone Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Kirkby, Featherstone & Hemsworth Collieries Ltd
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst getting coal he was caught by a fall of roof, 15 feet long. 2 feet thick and an average width of 3 feet. The fall exposed 2 slips. The face was 5.25 feet in advance of the last row of timber.