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Surname
PRIEST
Forename
Isaac
Day
21
Month
01
Year
1903
Age
60
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Old Hill, Gawn
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
N. Hingley & Sons Ltd
Location
Old Hill
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of side (coal) at longwall face in Brooch seam. While drawing a post the top coal he sat under a band of coal about 8 inches thick projecting from the face which fell on his neck and killed him. He should not have been under the projecting coal which should either have been taken down or spragged up.