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Surname
JAMES
Forename
William
Day
29
Month
07
Year
1913
Age
28
Occupation
Chargeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Florence
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Florence Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Longton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was sheltering in an apparently safe position in the stall road of his working place in the Brassey Mine during the firing of a ‘Samsonite’ flanking shot in the longwall face when a piece of ironstone, projected by the shot, ricocheted and struck him on the side of the body with great force, penetrating the right lung and lacerating the liver. He died in hospital two days afterwards.