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Surname
BEEVERS
Forename
George
Day
12
Month
06
Year
1912
Age
47
Occupation
Drifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Glasshoughton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glass Houghton & Castleford Collieries Ltd
Location
Glass Houghton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
While working as chargeman in a stone drift he was preparing to set a girder up to a strong shale roof, when a stone weighing about two tons suddenly fell from the roof between the face and the nearest girder. He and another man were caught and imprisoned. Beevers was so severely crushed internally that he died on the following day.