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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
Edward
Day
10
Month
12
Year
1915
Age
51
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Featherstone Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Kirkby, Featherstone & Hemsworth Collieries Ltd
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst in the act of stooping down to reach his pick he was caught by a fall of rock, about 20 feet square in area, and killed. A "weight bump" caused the fall and a quantity of coal came down with the rock.