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Surname
HARGREAVES
Forename
George W.
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1906
Age
51
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Thrybergh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and his mate were relaying rails on a road, and with the alterations two props had to be taken out. Deceased struck one blow at one of them with his tomahawk, and immediately a large piece of rock fell from the roof at the side and killed him. The stone came away to a fine crack and to a concealed slip, and measured about 5 feet 6 inches by 8 feet, by 2 feet thick. The prop was not knocked out.