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Surname
HILL
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
35
Occupation
Coal Cutter
Mine/Quarry Name
Clifton (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clifton Colliery Co.
Location
Wilford
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
The machine had cut up to the haulage props and deceased released the rope. The tension was thus taken off the haulage prop which had been acting as a sprag to a large piece of rock, and a stone weighing half a ton, fell from the roof and struck deceased. His knee was forced into his abdomen and he was fatally injured. Two stallmates, a deputy and a contractor had examined the stone within half an hour of the accident and found it perfectly sound.