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Surname
FOX
Forename
Joseph
Day
18
Month
11
Year
1911
Age
38
Occupation
Filler
Mine/Quarry Name
Birley, East
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sheffield Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Woodhouse
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He was loading a tub of coal at the gate end when a fall of roof pushed out a bar under which he was working. The two props supporting it, two other bars and the fall struck deceased. Both his legs were fractured and blood poisoning set in later and caused his death on the 23rd December.