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Surname
LOWDE
Forename
George William
Day
10
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
55
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Southgate
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shire Oaks Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Clowne
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He was building a pack 7 feet 4 inches from the coal face. One half of the pack was built to the roof and whilst Lowde was shovelling slack into the pack a piece of rock, 5 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 2 inches by 1 foot 6 inches to 3 inches thick, fell from the roof and killed him. The deputy had inspected the place an hour before the accident happened, and did not suggest that supports, other than the pack itself, should be set.