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Surname
WALKER
Forename
Edward
Day
03
Month
06
Year
1908
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Garforth
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Owners of Garforth Colliery
Location
Garforth
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and his mate were assisting a deputy to timber the roof in a main horse road where a fall had occurred. The deputy had examined the roof and considered it was safe, but when they were placing covering wood on the top of two bars they had set a large fall took place and caught the deceased.