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Surname
HALL
Forename
James
Day
23
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
32
Occupation
Assistant Manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Schoolfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. & S. Hall
Location
Tipton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased had gone into a heading in Heathen coal, about 18 feet wide, to measure up the face. The coal was 4 feet thick with about 3 feet of rock and shale above which is worked off first. This had been taken off for about 3 feet along the face and short props set from coal to roof. Deceased sat on top of coal when a piece of the top stone fell away striking him, on the back fracturing his spine. He died 2lst May.