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Surname
BENNETT
Forename
Joseph
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1906
Age
21
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Himley, No.04
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Dudley
Location
Gornalwood
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
This accident occurred in the Thick Coal, which was about 18 feet in thickness. The coal had been worked back to, jig head, with the exception of a small pillar, 3 to 5 yards square, on each side of the jig. Deceased and another were fetching out a loaded tub when a goth or bump took place, and the coal which formed the roof of the jig fell for a length of 20 feet and a width of 10 feet. The jig top was not timbered, except one post and lid at left side. The doggy or fireman examined the place an hour before the accident took place, and he and the miners who were at work were of opinion that, notwithstanding the proximity of the working faces, the road did not require to be timbered.