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Surname
TOFT
Forename
Herbert
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1909
Age
45
Occupation
Byeworkman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ackton Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackton Hall Colliery Co.
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
A runaway set of tubs had knocked out girders in a main haulage road and a heavy fall of roof had followed. Toft was preparing to reset one of the girders when a piece of rock fell from the roof and fatally injured him.