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Surname
GIBSON
Forename
George
Day
19
Month
08
Year
1905
Age
41
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Norton in the Moors
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (shale) in waste at longwall face in the Holly Lane seam. It appeared probable that deceased was drawing a post in the waste by means of an axe. For this a ringer and chain should have been used and was at hand.