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Surname
STOKES
Forename
W.H.
Day
04
Month
09
Year
1908
Age
25
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunkerton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dunkerton Collieries Ltd
Location
Tunley
County
Somersetshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at the face in the Great Vein (2' 6" thick) from unseen slips, which broke his neck. The stone was 9 or 10 yards long, 3 to 4 feet wide, and 13 to 18 inches thick.