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Surname
CARTLIDGE
Forename
Ralph
Day
22
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Shelton, Rowhurst
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hanley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another were ripping down top coal in a jig 7 feet 6 inches wide, and securing the roof with bars 4 feet 6 inches apart resting on props at each end. The top coal had been taken down for a distance of 5 feet in advance of the last bar and deceased was squaring out the sides to get another bar in when about 30cwts. of hard fireclay fell from the roof, breaking his back. He succumbed on 27th March. The roof was full of slips and exceedingly treacherous. The bars were too wide apart considering the nature of the ground and the agent instructed the men to reduce the distance between to 3 feet.