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Surname
TURTON
Forename
Ralph
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1906
Age
26
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Wharncliffe Silkstone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Pilley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and his mate had just set three props for safety because they noticed a weight break along the goaf edge parallel to the coal face, when a stone 4.5ft. long by 3ft. broad and varying in thickness, from one to 18 inches in thickness, fell and displaced two of these props and caught and killed the deceased man. The cause of the fall was sudden weight.