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Surname
LOWE
Forename
John Thomas
Day
29
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
31
Occupation
Picker-In
Mine/Quarry Name
Dock, No.7
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
E. Bradley & Co.
Location
Lower Gornal
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was working in a small opening 8 feet square extracting a Thick coal pillar found at the side of the road which was being brought back. The place was 8 feet high, and there was a small cog at the month of the opening. Deceased sat by this cog while the loader filled a tub, when suddenly a large fall of coal occurred and buried deceased. After 6 hours he was extricated bur was then dead. A thickness of about 9 feet of coal fell over the opening and into the road, and two settings were knocked out.