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Surname
SAWYER
Forename
Atkinson
Day
03
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
56
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Savile
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Henry Briggs Son & Co. Ltd
Location
Mickleton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Died in Leeds Infirmary from the effects of a strain received while levelling a flat sheet in the pit on December 22nd. He was using his pick as a lever, and placed his foot upon one end of the blade and was pulling at the shaft when it broke, and he fell back against a prop.