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Surname
OLIVER
Forename
George
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Lye Cross
Mineral Worked
Fireclay
Owner
Richard Mason
Location
Lye
County
Worcestershire
Details of Event
At the end of the shift deceased was ascending in the cage with seven other men, when he suddenly fell forward into the shaft and dropped a distance of 100 yards. He was the last man to get into the cage and so stood at the end and when the cage started he had his lamp in one hand and was holding the bar with his left hand. His fall was apparently due to his having taken a fainting fit.