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Constable
Station
Coen Police Station
Date of Passing
25 September 1897
Plaque Location
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2 - Right leg
Side
Front
Row
3
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Richard Roots was killed in a mine tunnel collapse at Coen after he entered the Long Tunnel to look at the workings and was crushed by an unexpected four to five-ton earth fall.