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Surname
JONES
Forename
Charles Edward
Day
24
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
22
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Curbirch
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Tomlinson
Location
Bilston
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of side (coal). A block of over hanging coal 2ft. thick, 4ft. wide at widest part and 9 or 10ft. long, with a smooth parting above, fell on him. A man acting as fireman and working in an adjacent place was there a quarter of an hour before the accident had told the collier to set a post under the coal, but this was not done. There here was no support under the overhanging block and it was dangerous to work near. There should have been two posts under it to make it reasonably safe. The collier was also seriously injured by the fall.