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Surname
MORAN
Forename
Peter
Day
01
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
32
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Birchenwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Birchenwood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Kidsgrove
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
He was engaged in the Bullhurst seam along with another Collier in the work of "shifting jig up." They Had completed the timbering of the place, and were preparing to move the jig wheel to its new position, when a large body of roof fell from a network of slips, and reeled out the newly set timber Deceased was completely buried by the fall, and was dead when extricated.