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Surname
LLOYD
Forename
James
Day
21
Month
08
Year
1908
Age
38
Occupation
Roofer
Mine/Quarry Name
Florence
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Florence Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Longton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
No.2 Pit - Deceased was employed in getting top coal 2 ft. 4 ins. Thick in wastes in the Yard Goal seam. He had started by the pack side and got down a slice 10 ft. long and 1 ft.6 ins. Wide, in which space he had set two props to the roof with good lids, when a further slice of the same width fell from a break in the top coal and a portion of this fell upon him and killed him almost instantly. Deceased was well used to the kind of work he was doing but, even if he noticed the break in the coal he probably thought it was properly supported by a row of props which were set less than 5ft. Apart under the tops into the lids of which projected from 6ins. To 1ft. Beyond the break.