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Surname
BROOKE
Forename
Edward
Day
30
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
27
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Snydale
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
H. Briggs, Son & Co. Ltd
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst getting bottom coal he was caught by a fall of roof coal and overlying clod, 12 feet by 8 feet by 8 feet, which came from a downthrow fault. A sudden weight is said to have caused the fall which displaced 9 props.