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Surname
LARKIN
Forename
David
Day
17
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
29
Occupation
Getter
Mine/Quarry Name
Stockingford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stockingford Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Chapel End
County
Warwickshire
Details of Event
Deceased was withdrawing a row of six props from a waste. The stallman was with him when only two props remained and the deputy about 15 minutes prior to the fall. Deceased’s attention was drawn to a slip running parallel with the pack wall. He put the ringer chain around the least prop and to loosen it before applying the ringer he struck it near the top several times with a hammer, when a large fall of roof coal occurred, killing him instantly. It would have been better had the stallman remained with him to give his advice and assistance.