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Surname
ETTLE
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
31
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Himley, No.13
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Dudley
Location
Gornalwood
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was loading a tub at the face of a stall in the Heathen Coal, two other men being also in the stall, when, without any warning, three or four settings and laggings were reeled out and a quantity of roof fell, completely burying him. When got out he was dead. The floor had been softened by the action of water in the bottom, and this soft bottom probably aided the roof pressure in the reeling out of the timber, although the props were set on foot-lids as a precaution.