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Surname
LEES
Forename
Sam
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
51
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Red Hill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
D. Mosley & Sons
Location
Tong Street
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was killed by a fall of roof whilst engaged in separating ironstone from some shale which he had got down after withdrawing two props. A prop or props should have been set to the roof as soon as the shale was dropped.