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Surname
BOWEN
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
36
Occupation
Assistant Pikeman
Mine/Quarry Name
New Robin Hood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mrs John Gordon
Location
Brierley Hill
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was working in a head 3 feet square, rising quickly toward the face. The head was in gob but at the face was coal. It was timbered with settings a yard apart over which were lagging and slabs. At the face a sprag had been set under the coal and deceased was preparing to get in a setting under the coal when two settings were pushed out letting down a quantity of loose gob above. Deceased was partly buried and was dead when got out his neck having been broken.