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Surname
STEVENS
Forename
Samuel
Day
27
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
40
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Clifton Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Andrew Knowles & Sons Ltd
Location
Clifton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Two datallers were taking floor up to make more height. They had unwittingly disturbed some props acting as supports. Deceased on his round of examination came to these men and sat down to converse with them. He had only been there a few minutes, when a large fall of roof occurred displacing the above-mentioned props and burying deceased.