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Surname
PAGE
Forename
George Albert
Day
25
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
29
Occupation
Ganister Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Woodend
Mineral Worked
Coal & Ganister
Owner
J. Grayson Lowood & Co. Ltd
Location
Oughtibridge
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He had taken out two sprags supporting the rock overhanging the ganister bed, and had pulled part of it down. He then stopped to pick up a loose sleeper from under the overhanging rock, when a fall broke his left thigh. He died of blood poisoning on the 28th February.