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Surname
ROGERS
Forename
Samuel
Day
14
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
58
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Rowley Station
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rowley Station Colliery Co.
Location
Rowley Regis
County
Worcestershire
Details of Event
Deceased and another man were loading a tub in the gateway of a small stall in bottom portion of Thick Coal seam alongside a fault when there was a very heavy bump and a piece of the rock roof, about 7 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet 9 inches thick fell from between two timber cogs. Deceased was kneeling against one of the cogs and his skull fractured. Two posts set under the stone were knocked out and the other timbers broken. There was a slip, previously unseen, on each side of the stone which fell.