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Surname
UNWIN
Forename
George Priestly
Day
04
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
30
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Tankersley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Newton, Chambers & Co. Ltd
Location
Thorncliffe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Whilst detaching the bridle from it coal-cutting machine it piece of rock 11 feet long, 8 feet wide and 1.25 feet thick fell upon him. The fall came from the edge of a "pot hole" and displaced a prop. More timber should have been set.