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Surname
SMITH
Forename
George
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1903
Age
44
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Birley, South
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sheffield Coal Co.
Location
Woodhouse
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof. Two steel bars supporting the roof of a main level had fallen and the two deceased were setting a centre prop under the covering timber which appears to have taken the weight off the adjacent bars causing them to fall. The debris above the covering timber fell and killed the two deceased. 2 killed.