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Surname
DEGG
Forename
William
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
43
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wimblebury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cannock & Rugeley Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hednesford
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was loosening the bottom of a prop in the cog at the face of the Six Feet Seam, preparatory to drawing it, when a large piece of rock fell from between two breaks in the roof and fractured his back and thigh. He died while being taken to the shaft bottom.