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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Thomas
Day
19
Month
06
Year
1914
Age
22
Occupation
Ripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Mansfield
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged checking off some side and taking down ripping in a coal heading. He had been trying to wedge the side off but without success and it is thought that be went under the ripping to get his ringer when 3 or 4 tons of the side and ripping rolled off and pinned him to the ground. He was extricated quickly and carried out on a stretcher, but he died on the 20th June from his injuries.