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Surname
WEISFISCH
Forename
Max.
Day
26
Month
04
Year
1904
Age
25
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Fitzwilliam Main [Hemsworth]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fitzwilliam Hemsworth Collieries Co.
Location
Fitzwilliam
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was engaged with other men in erecting a coal washer for a contractor. A steel girder was being lifted from the ground and when it had been raised to an angle of about 60 degrees the chain became detached and the girder in falling caught and killed him. The man who attached the chain to the girder had done so very carelessly.