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Surname
WILKS
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
11
Year
1911
Age
44
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Featherstone Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
South Kirkby, Featherstone & Hemsworth Collieries Ltd
Location
Featherstone
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was getting coal at a bored piece which was 9 yards wide and which he had reduced to a thickness of about 2 feet between his working place and an old goaf in which the roof had broken down. A sudden weight caused the roof to fall and he was killed instantly. The place was closely propped hut the roof was intersected by slips and had no lateral support.