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Surname
NEEDHAM
Forename
Harry
Day
26
Month
03
Year
1913
Age
34
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Oxcroft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Oxcroft Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Clowne
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He and a man called John White were ripping when a piece of rock weighing 11cwts fell from the roof between two slips. The place was timbered and the roof had only just been exposed. Needham's spine was fractured and he died on the 8th April. White was severely cut.