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Surname
HEWITT
Forename
Ernest
Day
30
Month
03
Year
1907
Age
22
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Mossfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mossfield Colliery Ltd
Location
Longton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was loading coal from a fall of tops at the edge of a waste in the Cockshead seam. While so doing, a large piece of top coal, 3 feet 6 inches thick came away from a slip, bringing part of the pack wall with it, and fell on him.