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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
John
Day
14
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
56
Occupation
Overman
Mine/Quarry Name
Birchenwood, No.18
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Birchenwood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Kidsgrove
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
This was a very unusual accident. Deceased was examining the roof of a main level road when a small piece of stone fell and grazed his nose. He thought nothing of it and continued at work for nine days. Five days later he consulted a doctor, and on 25th March he succumbed to exhaustion from suppuration and diabetes, the former being attributed to the wound, which, owing to his condition had shown no tendency to heal.