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Surname
ELVERSTONE
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
35
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Desford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Desford Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bagworth
County
Leicestershire
Details of Event
Holing, locally known as bannocking is done in 18 inches of shale overlying a 4 feet 6 inch seam. Front sprags are set before commencing to hole, and when a depth of 2 feet has been reached under-sprags are fixed. Deceased and another holer were engaged upon some holing in front of the gateway when a long length of roof fell inside and on a line with the front row of sprags, and crushed his head on to the coal. Had the under-sprags been fixed the roof would have been supported.