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Surname
WADSWORTH
Forename
Thomas
Day
15
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
28
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Rotherham Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Brown & Co. Ltd
Location
Rotherham
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
In shovelling loose coal from a floor weakened by water he underpinned a prop. The prop gave way at the foot and a stone weighing 3 cwts fell on Wadsworth, injuring him so severely that he died the same night. There was no breach of the timbering rules.