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Surname
DOWELL
Forename
Joseph
Day
16
Month
03
Year
1910
Age
18
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
New Haden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Haden Collieries Ltd
Location
Cheadle
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was walking alongside a journey of four loads which were being drawn by a pony along a level 8ft. wide and 5ft 6in high. The rails were laid so that the waggons had a clearance of about 3 ins. between them and the timber uprights which supported bars. The third load of the journey jumped the rails, and knocked out a leg at the deep side which caused a fall of roof, and deceased was buried under a heap of debris. He was not seriously injured and death was due to suffocation from want of air and impaired respiration caused by the weight of debris resting on his body.