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Surname
BRASSINGTON
Forename
Christopher
Day
11
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
56
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitwood, Haigh Moor Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
H. Briggs, Son & Co. Ltd
Location
Whitwood
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When removing some holing dirt, under the middle coal, the coal suddenly came away and rode over two sprags crushing him so severely that he died the following day in the Leeds Infirmary.