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- Surname
- GUEST
- Forename
- John Thomas
- Day
- 14
- Month
- 07
- Year
- 1923
- Age
- Occupation
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Gateacre
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Location
- Lower Gornal
- County
- Staffordshire
- Details of Event
- 1923: The Birmingham Gazette, 9 July. Coroner’s report follows: Two Men Killed by Fall of Earth: Two Miners – Joseph Jones, 63 Ruiton Street, Lower Gornal, and John Thomas Guest, Garden Walk, Lower Gornal – were on Saturday, killed while working at the Gateacre Colliery, Lower Gornal.
It appears that there was a sudden fall of dirt in the mine, which was an open one, and both men were buried alive.
When extricated, life was found to be extinct.
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