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George Hooper
| Age: | 32 |
| Died: | 29th Dec 1923 |
| Accident: | 29th Dec 1923 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1891 |
| Colliery: | St. Helen's, Workington |
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| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | killed in the Lickbank Seam by a fall of stone and "rattler", the fall came away without warning and crushed Hooper, whose neck was broken, married man, the father of three children, address: 13, Bank Lane, Nelson Street, Maryport |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 03 Jan 1924 | Siddick Pit Accident, Maryport Miner Killed, Unlucky Change Of Shifts (Whitehaven News) |
| 10 Jan 1924 | Maryport Miner's Death, Under Two Tons Fall (Whitehaven News) |
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- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| William Hooper | 12 Feb 2014 |
George Hooper was my grandfather. His youngest child, also George Hooper (1917 - 2012) was my father. |
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| Diane Stevenson | 04 Mar 2023 |
Mr Hooper was the husband of my great aunt. On hearing the news she fell into a coma from which she never recovered. She died in March 1924. |
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