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Surname
FRYER
Forename
Alfred
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1905
Age
17
Occupation
Wagoner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bignall Hill, Rookery Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Wedgwood (Reps of the late)
Location
Talke
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Explosion of firedamp, ignited by a shot of compressed gunpowder blowing through into goaf, 5 others injured. Fryer died 10th September.