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Surname
BAXTON
Forename
William
Day
27
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
35
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Tong, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
W. Woodhead & Son
Location
Tong Street
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst kneeling between two props shovelling coal into a tub, a stone fell from the roof between the nearest row of props and the face, and pinned him to the floor. Systematic propping, without using bars, could not have prevented.