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Surname
BIRCHALL
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
44
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Primrose, No.30
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
H.S. Pitt & Co.
Location
Cradley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
The accident occurred in a stall in the Thick Coal. The stallman was getting off some side coal which was very slightly overhanging, and was working at the foot of it with his pick, while deceased stood a little distance away looking on. Suddenly a large rate of coal bumped off; the stallman jumped clear, at the same time shouting to deceased, who unfortunately jumped into danger, and was severely crushed against a tree by a portion of the fall, sustaining internal injuries, from which he died on reaching the surface. The fall came off at a slip into which the stallman had apparently undercut.