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John Allford
| Age: | 35 |
| Died: | 1st Dec 1924 |
| Accident: | 1st Dec 1924 3.30 a.m., 4th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1889 |
| Colliery: | Orgreave |
| Company: | United Steel Companies Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | A ripping shot had been fired and after the roof had been examined by the deputy and a chargeman, deceased began to shovel away the debris from the face side. As he was working, a piece of roof fell from the newly exposed roof near the ripping lip and fatally crushed him. More careful examination might have disclosed the weakness in the roof and indicated the necessity of support or the getting down of the stone |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Falls in Mines :: Falls of Roof |
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- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 60, Accident Number: 66
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