EBENEZER. West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Late October, 1821.
About thirty tons of coal and ironstone fell and killed six men.
Those who died were:
- James Nash,
- Thomas Lawson,
- John Cotterell,
- John Butler,
- John Hicks,
- Rowland Morris.
Morris was heard top cry out after the accident but he later died.
Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre.
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