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Surname
BEAL
Forename
Edmund
Day
05
Month
06
Year
1912
Age
31
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Stocksbridge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Samuel Fox & Co. Ltd
Location
Stocksbridge
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
The coal, 2 feet 6 inches thick, had been worked a few yards in advance of the gannister bed and short props were supporting the roof. Deceased took out 2 of those props so that a shot could be fired in the ganister, when a large quantity of roof fell and killed him.