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Surname
LAKIN
Forename
Thomas
Day
22
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
58
Occupation
Byeworker
Mine/Quarry Name
Featherstone Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Kirkby, Featherstone & Hemsworth Collieries Ltd
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst liberating a bar he stood too near to it and the covering wood caught him and fatally injured him. Neither side nor roof fell at the time. He had a dog and chain and the use of it would probably have prevented the accident.