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Surname
SOAR
Forename
John
Day
28
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
17
Occupation
Rivet Heater
Mine/Quarry Name
Welbeck
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Meden Vale
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
During the erection of the new headstocks deceased went up to a platform with a rope. Unnoticed by anyone he fell to the bank, a distance of 62 feet, and was fatally injured. He was probably unnerved and distressed by the death of his mother the previous night.