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Surname
CLEWS
Forename
William
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1903
Age
26
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Walsall Wood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Walsall Wood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Brownhills
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of side (coal) at longwall face in 6 feet seam. When he was knocking a sprag out to drop a short length of holed coal the coal in falling knocked a tree out which struck him in the stomach. He died from peritonitis on 17th October.