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Surname
TOWNEND
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
06
Year
1912
Age
62
Occupation
Pit Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Dodworth Road
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Smith
Location
Barnsley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
After helping to examine the shaft sides in a sinking pit, he went to work in the bottom, and a piece of stone about the size of a man's hand fell from the side, from a height of about 30 feet, and struck him on the head and killed him.