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Surname
BEDFORD
Forename
Joseph
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
53
Occupation
Contractor
Mine/Quarry Name
Barrow
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Worsbrough Park
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was knocking out a bar in a stowing gate when 10 tons of stone fell from the roof and broke 2 bars. He was killed outright and his assistant a youth of 18 sustained a compound fractured leg. No safety appliance was used withdrawing the timber neither were temporary supports set for protection.