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Surname
PLANT
Forename
Charles
Day
31
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
35
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Bradley Lodge Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bradley Lodge Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bilston
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was loading a tub at the face of a wide road in the New Mine coal, having old gob in front, except at the right side where there was a small nob of coal which the stallman was working out. Suddenly a large piece of rock, 12ft. lung, fell from between two slips, 4ft. apart at the base and converging together 5ft. up, and buried deceased, who was killed instantly. Four trees were reeled out by the fall. Apparently the working out of the coal at the right side finally unlocked the piece, one side of which was square with the edge of the face. The slips were not seen before the fall.