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Surname
EDWARDS
Forename
John
Day
21
Month
08
Year
1907
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Holly Bank
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Holly Bank Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Essington
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
During a stoppage of work over the Bank Holiday-foot seam, extending several yards in length and about 15 feet in height above the coal. A special set of timbers had cleared the end of gate-road and set bars and pollings up to within 3 feet 6 inches of the coal face and left it as being secure and ready for the collier. Deceased was setting another bar close to the coal when a small piece of stone fell from the side of the cavity above the coal, striking him on the head fracturing his skull.