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Surname
CHANCE
Forename
Joseph
Day
17
Month
05
Year
1910
Age
48
Occupation
Pikeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Amblecote, Crown
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
E.J. & J. Pearson
Location
Amblecote
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
An old road in the Old Mine clay was being reopened. Deceased had gone into the place to inspect, and was assisting the pikeman to set a tree, when a long piece of the "broadearth” above the clay fell from the side and caught deceased on the back. He succumbed to his injuries on the following day.