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Surname
HAWKE
Forename
Frank
Day
20
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
47
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Thrybergh Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & J. Charlesworth Ltd
Location
Kilnhurst
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The deceased and another man were repairing and re-opening an old haulage road. On the top of the bars at the place in which the accident occurred, there was a stratum of bind mixed with ironstone balls below a rock roof. The bars were being uncovered and the stone up to the rock dropped through them on to the floor below, and it was then intended to remove the bars and build a pack on the right or top side of the road. The road was an old one and this side was broken from the rock above. At the time of the accident the deceased had his hand on the stone to detect any movement in it and to warn his mate when it suddenly fell, displaced two stretchers, and killed him instantly.