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Surname
BRIGGS
Forename
D.
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1905
Age
36
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Thorncliffe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd
Location
Thorncliffe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was working at the coal face when a large piece of roof coal fell upon him and killed him instantly. The fall came away to a slip at the of a ‘hugger,’ and it ought to have been supported by timber.