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Surname
POTTS
Forename
William
Day
24
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
18
Occupation
Screenman
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Norton in the Moors
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased placed a full tub in the screen tippler, and having released the catch, set it in motion, when he unfortunately slipped on a rail and fell into the tippler. He sustained a fracture of the skull, and died soon afterwards.