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Surname
GRIFFITHS
Forename
Alfred
Day
21
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
46
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Aldridge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Aldridge Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Aldridge
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (stone) at working face in deep seam. He was getting a rate of coal off the face near a small fault when the roof fell between the fault and a slip which was not visible. There should have been a post under the stone which fell to comply with the timbering regulations.