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Surname
HIGGINBOTTOM
Forename
George
Day
28
Month
04
Year
1903
Age
53
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Shelton, Rowhurst No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hanley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (clod) at longwal1 face in the Rowhurst seam. Deceased had been ordered to set a post under the stone an hour before the accident but he had not done so.