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Surname
HARDY
Forename
Frank (injured)
Day
09
Month
11
Year
1911
Age
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Old Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Old Silkstone Collieries Ltd
Location
Silkstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He, with Frank Hardy, Trammer, was working the coal when a stone 7 feet long, 1 foot 9 inches wide and 1 foot 6 inches thick, weighing about 11 tons fell upon them, killing Moorhouse instantly and partially burying Hardy. The fall disclosed a smooth vertical slip at the back, running parallel with the coal face, and another converging slip which released the stone. Probably neither was visible before the fall.