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Surname
PHILLIPS
Forename
William
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1910
Age
41
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Manvers Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manvers Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Wath upon Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He had holed the face for a length of four yards, and was under the holing when the coal suddenly settled on the three sprags which he had set. The floor was soft and the sprags pushed into it, and Phillips' head was crushed.