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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.
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