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Surname
HARTSON
Forename
John Charles
Day
05
Month
03
Year
1906
Age
38
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
New Oaks
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cammell, Laird & Co. Ltd
Location
Barnsley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and two others were working at a short face in a pillar and the deceased was in the act of filling a tub when a piece of coal fell upon and injured him so severely that he died the following morning. It measured 5 feet long by 1 foot 4 inches wide by 1 foot 5 inches thick, and ought to have been got down.