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Surname
OWEN
Forename
Richard
Day
18
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
32
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Elsecar Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl Fitzwilliam
Location
Elsecar
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
They were engaged in taking down-hill, dip 1 in 12, a "bord piece," 12 feet long from the line of an old coal face, which had been standing some six months, and were found under a fall of roof. The fall came from roof breaks developed parallel to the "bord" line and displaced three props. The timbering rule was not contravened, but the ground should have been recovered by working on the "end" of the coal. The deputy had visited the place 1.5 hours before and found it in working order. 2 killed.