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Surname
WYATT
Forename
W.
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
36
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
New Oaks
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
C. Cammell & Co. Ltd
Location
Barnsley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
When drawing timber from the goaf in pillar workings Wyatt was buried by a rush of loose roof which displaced a number of props. There would be 1,000 tons of stuff in the fall. It was 26 hours before the body was recovered.