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Surname
HARDY
Forename
Joseph William
Day
12
Month
10
Year
1910
Age
18
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Nuneaton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stanley Brothers
Location
Nuneaton
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased and some others were lifting a loaded tub which had been upset near to the working face. He complained at the time that he had strained himself but did not report any accident. He died five days afterwards from ‘peritonitis received from gangrene of the appendix.’ In answer to a question from the coroner as to whether he attributed the death to any injury sustained while lifting the tub, the doctor who attended the case said ‘in view of the evidence and history of the case it is difficult to answer, but I cannot help associating the two.’ The jury recorded their unanimous opinion that the death was accelerated by lifting the tub.