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Surname
JONES
Forename
A.H.
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1904
Age
28
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Leycett, Fair Lady Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Madeley Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Leycett
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (bass) on a jig landing at longwall face in 5ft. seam. The landing was timbered by three bars parallel to the face, supported on two bars at right angles to the face. The fall, which came from two slips nearly at right angles, reeled the timber out.