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Surname
BANKS
Forename
James
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
45
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Hamstead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hamstead Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Great Barr
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was working at some side landing in a Thick Coal stall. He had partly undergotten a length of coal, but as the coal was very strong, the stallman thought a shot necessary to get it down. Deceased was cutting it a little at the fast end when the piece fell, and he apparently stepped in front of it, being killed instantly. The fall was 10 feet long, 4 feet thick at the top, and the height of the place 6 feet. It came off to a slip at the back, running to the loose end.