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Surname
POWER
Forename
William
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1912
Age
52
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Apedale, Forge Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Midland Coal, Coke & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Chesterton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was breaking up stone at the lower end of the face in a drift in the Red Shagg. A piece of clod, 7 feet long, 2 feet wide and 1 foot thick, fell from a slip running along the deep side, and reeled a post. The edge of the fall knocked him down, causing a fracture of the thigh. Confinement to bed caused pneumonia to develop, and he died from this a month later.