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Surname
HAWLEY
Forename
Luke
Day
12
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
30
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Shipley, Woodside Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
E.M. Mundy
Location
Heanor
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of coal. Deceased had taken the sprags out from under a length of coal which had been holed and the coal did not fall as expected. He then commenced to do further holing without resetting the sprags when the coal fell and fatally injured him. He died the same day.