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Surname
MARSH
Forename
Clifford
Day
26
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
22
Occupation
Byeworker
Mine/Quarry Name
Allerton Bywater
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Silkstone & Haigh Moor Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Allerton Bywater
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was engaged, with his chargeman, in withdrawing timber from an old main road. A sylvester pull jack was being used and the fixed end chain and the pulling chain were fastened round similar bars. The bar at the fixed end gave way first and allowed about 40 tons of roof to fall. Marsh was buried and killed outright and the chargeman sustained a fractured leg. The accident was, due to an error in judgement on the part of the latter in not having set a special prop to which to fix the pull jack.