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Surname
DURBIN
Forename
Frank
Day
15
Month
03
Year
1909
Age
50
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hanham
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bedminster, Easton, Kingswood & Parkfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Conham
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Fall of a piece of coal which he had holed 3.5 feet deep for a length of four yards. Apparently, from the evidence given at the inquest, he had drawn out one or two sprags, with the result that a portion (not very large) fell from a sooty parting which was subsequently noticed. The place had been well spragged. He was struck between the shoulders and on his neck which caused haemorrhage on the spinal cord.