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- Surname
- MOON
- Forename
- Albert
- Day
- 15
- Month
- 01
- Year
- 1914
- Age
- 23
- Occupation
- Stallman
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Swadlincote
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Halls Collieries Ltd
- Location
- Swadlincote
- County
- Derbyshire
- Details of Event
- Deceased was engaged loosening a sprag at the buttock end with a pick, when a large fall of roof occurred causing fatal injuries. There were two concealed slips which formed an apex 2 feet up. One edge of the stone rested on the coal face above the sprag, and the other on a bar at the pack side, which was only 2 feet 9 inches from the coal face.
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