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Surname
BIRD
Forename
Henry
Day
22
Month
06
Year
1910
Age
41
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Lodge Holes
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lodge Holes Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Wednesbury
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
The accident occurred at the New Mine inset. Deceased, instead of walking from one side of the pit to the other by the ordinary route, attempted to cross directly under the pit eye and the scaffold planks having been removed, he stepped into the sump hole, fell a distance of 20ft. and was killed.