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Surname
PERKS
Forename
James
Day
08
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
54
Occupation
Surface Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Corngreaves
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Fellows Ltd
Location
Cradley Heath
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was sitting by the side of a coal stallage waiting to commence his work, when he was seen to struggle a little and then suddenly fall forward. He rolled down an embankment and then to dropped on the railway below his head striking on one of the rails. His skull was fractured, and he died on the following day. It transpired that deceased was subject to epileptic fits, and apparently had had one on this occasion.