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Surname
DOLMAN
Forename
William
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
17
Occupation
Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Cannock Lodge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Norton Cannock Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bloxwich
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased had finished his work for the day and in order to reach the winding-shaft, was descending a staple pit 15yds in depth, by means of a nearly vertical iron ladder. He wore clogs, the iron tip or rim originally on the sole one of which was the wooden sole worn smooth and curved upwards at the toe. He had got some distance down the ladder, when apparently his foot slipped off the round iron rung, and he fell to the bottom of the staple, landing upon the top frame of the drop cage and sustaining injuries to which he succumbed on the following morning. The ladder was the only means of access to the upper seam, and deceased had travelled by it daily for two months.