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Surname
BROCKLEHURST
Forename
William
Day
11
Month
08
Year
1906
Age
68
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Barlborough, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Staveley Coal & Iron Co.
Location
Clowne
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof. The two deceased had been sent to a place where a new road crossed a old road and were to build a pack across the old roadway. The old roadway was timbered closely and as one of the props supporting a bar was slightly reeling over they set another prop when this was completed the whole of the roof at the junction of the roads collapsed and killed the two men. 2 killed.