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Surname
STANCEY
Forename
Alfred
Day
23
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
47
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Manvers Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Manvers Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Wath upon Dearne
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A shot had been fired in a level for the purpose of bringing down some overhanging side and deceased was engaged with the shot firer in getting down some loose stone from the side, when a large stone measuring 3 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot, fell from the roof and killed him instantly. After the shot was fired the roof was sounded by the shotfirer, by deceased, and by another workman, and they all thought it secure.