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Surname
EDGE
Forename
Richard Thomas
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1903
Age
47
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Apedale, Watermills
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Midland Coal, Coke & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Apedale
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (rock) at longwall face in Bullhurst seam. A piece of the roof weighing about 5 tons and of triangular section fell from between two slips one of which was exposed but the other could not be seen. Three posts were displaced from under the stone by its fall.