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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Edward
Day
22
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
20
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Thrybergh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was coupling a horse, on to a tub filled with dirt near to the junction of two roads, 90 yards from the coal face, when a "bump" passed overhead and a stone weighing 1.5 tons fell upon him. He died few hours later.