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Surname
PALMER
Forename
Edwin
Day
07
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
40
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Sneyd
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sneyd Collieries Ltd
Location
Burslem
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was driving an airway to connect two stalls in the Cinder seam, and in order to make room for working his machine drill he appears to have taken out a prop, when a large piece of roof fell from an unseen smooth facing and killed him. Another prop set beforehand would have prevented the accident.