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Surname
MOUNTFORD
Forename
James
Day
11
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
44
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Shelton, Rowhurst
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hanley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at working face in Rowhurst seam. He had drawn two stretcher sprags set against the face and when the coal fell it knocked out a post causing a fall of roof which fractured his skull. Died 13th October.