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Surname
JOWITT
Forename
George
Day
25
Month
04
Year
1904
Age
27
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Denaby Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Denaby
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was setting a prop in the face when a large quantity of roof fell upon and fatally injured him. The fall broke through two beds of roof coal and came away at a weight break near the face very like a slip.