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Surname
DAVIS
Forename
Edward
Day
25
Month
07
Year
1912
Age
59
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Cannock Chase, No.8
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cannock Chase Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Cannock
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was holding a light while his mate withdrew a sprag from a length of holed coal in the Shallow seam, when suddenly the coal rated off from the face and struck the timber, which collapsed, followed by a fall of roof coal and rock about 15 feet long by 5 feet to 3 feet wide by 3 feet high. One end of the fall caught deceased and fractured his neck his mate, though partially covered by the fall, escaped unhurt. The fall came from between two parallel slips converging upwards, one of 'which extended into the roof from the back of the rate of coal, and into which the holing had penetrated. Two bars and a prop and lid were reeled out by the fall.