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Surname
GILL
Forename
Walter
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
47
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Pilsley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pilsley Colliery Co.
Location
Pilsley
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
The two deceased were resting in a cabin on the dirt tip. The tip was on fire and there was a strong wind blowing from the end of the tip towards the cabin. The wind blew the smoke through the tip and the two men were found dead, having been killed by carbon-monoxide poisoning. 2 killed.