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Surname
CHANCE
Forename
Joseph
Day
06
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
54
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Hayes
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mobberley & Perry Ltd
Location
Lye
County
Worcestershire
Details of Event
Deceased assisted a driver to lift a tub on to the rails, and about 10 minutes later was found groaning, and said he had hurt himself by lifting the tub. He was taken home, and then to Corbett Hospital, where he was operated upon for gastric ulcer and died on December 16th. The cause of death was certified to be a perforated gastric ulcer, and this was subsequently confirmed by a post-mortem examination. Though the ulcer was of long standing and deceased had often been heard to complain of pain, the Coroner's jury decided that death had been accelerated by the strain of lifting the tub.