Full Details
- Surname
- PREST
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 23
- Month
- 10
- Year
- 1943
- Age
- Occupation
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Birley, East
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Sheffield Coal Co. Ltd
- Location
- Woodhouse
- County
- Derbyshire
- Details of Event
- On the final day of coal production before Birley East officially closed, John Prest died when shock waves caused an upper layer of coal to fall and trap him.
