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Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
William
Day
03
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
29
Occupation
Byeworker
Mine/Quarry Name
Victoria (h)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Exors of Joseph Haigh
Location
Morley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was between two rows of props in a seam 2 feet thick, and was about to stow some ripping dirt, when a piece of ironstone roof, 13 feet long, 4 feet wide and 1 foot 6 metres thick, weighing several tons, fell killing him instantly. Only two props were displaced, most of the fall extending back into the goaf. The deputy had inspected the place two and a half hours before and found all safe.