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Surname
DAVIES
Forename
Henry
Day
30
Month
09
Year
1907
Age
23
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Saltwells, No.26
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Dudley
Location
Netherton
County
Worcestershire
Details of Event
Deceased was filling some slack out of a new opening 6 feet wide, which bad been broken off the side of a main gateway. The opening had been driven in the coal for a distance of 7 feet 6 inches, and a holing prop set under the clod at the mouth of the opening. A piece of clod 5 feet long, 9 inches broad, and 12 inches thick suddenly came away from the lip of the opening, reeled out the holing prop, struck deceased on the side of the head and broke his neck.