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Surname
PARKES
Forename
T.H.
Day
01
Month
12
Year
1902
Age
31
Occupation
Pikeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Coneygre, No.9 Bunns Lane
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Jacob Vaughan
Location
Tipton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof (old gob) at working face in lower portion of thick coal. The men were setting a post when the roof all broke up and they were buried. One of the bodies was not recovered until 3rd December, owing to the tent of the fall and the presence of gob. stink. 2 killed.