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Surname
CROATE
Forename
Henry George
Day
03
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
19
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Darkhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Peglar
Location
Ellwood
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
He was employed to fill and tram the coal, hewed by another collier. He was shovelling the coal hewed in the nicking on the right side, of the place, when a fall of roof took place, fracturing his skull. The piece of roof which fell was shaped like, the quarter of a sphere, the curved side which formed its top having a slippery surface; under it a prop and headtree had been set, but they were too far in front of the centre of gravity.