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Surname
GOUGH
Forename
Joseph
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hickleton Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Thurnscoe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was pulling coal from the face with an iron bar when the bar slipped and hit him on the side of his body. He complained of pain after which he collapsed and in a few minutes died from acute heart failure due to the blow.