New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
ROBERTS
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
60
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Parkhouse
Mineral Worked
Ironstone
Owner
Joseph H. Pearson
Location
Chesterton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was ridding stone from a shot in a drift in the Black Band Stone when a fall occurred from between two parallel slips up the face. Deceased was killed by the lower end of the fall. Before the shot was fired the pick was inside up to within two feet of the face, and it was only after the shot was fired that the second slip became exposed. After the occurrence there was a space of only four and a half feet between pack and face.