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Surname
PARKER
Forename
William
Day
10
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
37
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Saltwells, No.38
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Dudley
Location
Brierley Hill
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
The accident occurred in an opening 17 feet wide and 9 feet high, in a rib of Thick Coal 22 feet broad. Deceased was filling a tub when a bump took place and a piece of ‘Brazil’ coal fell upon him. Owing apparently to a misunderstanding between a pikeman who took him home and the doctor the accident was not reported until after the inquest by which time certain posts said to have been set had been drawn and the roof let down. Deceased’s spinal cord had been injured and he died on the following day.