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- Surname
- WILLIAMS
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 18
- Month
- 02
- Year
- 1914
- Age
- 27
- Occupation
- Collier
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Elsecar Main
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Earl Fitzwilliam
- Location
- Elsecar
- County
- Yorkshire WR
- Details of Event
- They were engaged in taking down-hill, dip 1 in 12, a "bord piece," 12 feet long from the line of an old coal face, which had been standing some six months, and were found under a fall of roof. The fall came from roof breaks developed parallel to the "bord" line and displaced three props. The timbering rule was not contravened, but the ground should have been recovered by working on the "end" of the coal. The deputy had visited the place 1.5 hours before and found it in working order. 2 killed.
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