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Surname
RICHARDSON
Forename
John
Day
05
Month
10
Year
1908
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
St John's (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Locke & Co. (Newland) Ltd
Location
Normanton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and his mate had withdrawn the sprags under some holed coal, and tried to get it down with a crowbar. He was passing in front of it when the coal and overlying clod suddenly fell and caught him. Died two days afterwards.