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- Surname
- SHELTON
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 06
- Month
- 08
- Year
- 1904
- Age
- 49
- Occupation
- Rock Ripper
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Fitzwilliam Main [Hemsworth]
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Fitzwilliam Hemsworth Collieries Ltd
- Location
- Fitzwilliam
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- Travelling outbye with several other men when a large slab of stone fell from the roof and killed him. The roof was hard sandstone and timbering was not considered to be necessary and it had been in the same condition for a long time. The stone fell from a smooth parting.
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