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Surname
GOODWIN
Forename
George
Day
06
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
17
Occupation
Horse Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
New Hawne
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
S. Garrett & Sons
Location
Halesowen
County
Worcestershire
Details of Event
Deceased was taking a tub of coal outbye and it became derailed at a junction. The tub was replaced on the rails, and deceased was in the act of rehooking his horse to it, when three settings of timber were suddenly struck out by a fall of roof in a cavity above them. Deceased was buried beneath the debris and killed instantly. The top "Thick Coal" working faces were approaching the junction and appeared to have brought about a disturbance of the ground, and so caused the fall and the reeling out of the timber. The settings had been fixed from three to twelve months previously, but were not laced together and a cavity which was observed extending over the adjacent settings, had been left unpacked above the laggings. Steps will be taken to fill up the spaces above such timbering in future.