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Surname
SOAMES
Forename
Herbert
Day
08
Month
02
Year
1908
Age
35
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dark Lane
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mirfield Colliery Co.
Location
Ravensthorpe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
It was his duty to go up a ladder from time to time to look at a water gauge. The ladder was an iron one and is firmly fixed at the top and bottom. He was found at the bottom of the ladder with a fractured skull, and died the same day. He was wearing new boots and it is assumed that he slipped and fell when ascending or descending the ladder.