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Surname
JERVIS
Forename
George
Day
09
Month
10
Year
1914
Age
15
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
West Cannock, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
West Cannock Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hednesford
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased, accompanied by another lad, was on his way out to the shaft, work being finished. They stopped opposite a motor-house at the bottom of an incline with a gradient of 1 in 6. A tub of dirt ran down the incline and killed him. A youth, also on his way out, found this tub of dirt opposite other tubs. As it was his duty to leave a clear way for the horses, he took the front clip off the tub of dirt, and then eased the back one, intending to lower the tub down the incline; when he eased the clip it sprung off the rope and the tub ran away.