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Surname
HUSHCROFT
Forename
John Henry
Day
08
Month
03
Year
1905
Age
17
Occupation
Trammer
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fountain & Burnley Ltd
Location
Darton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When taking a full tub to the pass-bye a fall of roof occurred in the main level and buried him, and while the deputy and others were attempting to liberate him a second fall occurred and killed him. The roof is a very bad one and wet, and the first fall displaced two bars.