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Surname
SLATHERTHWAITE
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
40
Occupation
Drifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Aldwarke Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Parkgate
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was assisting to set a prop under the end of a steel girder supporting the roof of a road, and, while doing so was standing under a wooden bar 6ft. away. As soon as the prop under the girder was hit to tighten it a fall of roof occurred, breaking the bar under which he was standing and displacing the girder.