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Surname
WEBSTER
Forename
Joseph
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1904
Age
29
Occupation
Coal Cutter
Mine/Quarry Name
Crigglestone
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crigglestone Collieries Ltd
Location
Crigglestone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was in front of a coal cutting machine propping the machine against the first row of props when a large fall of roof took place killing him instantly. The fact that the machine was spragged from the first row of props and the vibration caused five of them to give way to the steel prop to which the haulage rope was attached by way into the roof and so acted as a lever to bring the stone down.