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Surname
GWILLIAM
Forename
Henry T.
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
43
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Eastern United
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
H. Crawshay & Co. Ltd
Location
Ruspidge
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
They were taking out a pillar of coal on the rise side of a level road. They were just on the rise side of the tramroad turning loose coal down to the fillers to fill into the tubs, when a piece of rock, 12 feet long by 7 feet wide by 5 feet thick at the thickest part, fell from the roof on to them and killed them instantly. On inspection after the fall, it was found that between the rock that fell and the general mass, there was a thin stratum of coal forming a natural parting. There was also a natural joint at the rise side of the rock. Three props were said to have been set under the rock, and on its being removed three were found. Had double timber been set, it is unlikely that it would have prevented the accident. The presence of the thin stratum of coal was the cause of the rock falling. 2 killed.