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Surname
SCRAGG
Forename
Walter
Day
31
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Shelton, Deep Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hanley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was assisting to remove some loose timber from a waste in the Cockshead previous to drawing the back row of posts. He was killed by a fall of roof which came from between two slips about 8 feet apart, and which broke a bar and reeled out two posts on which it was supported. The slips were invisible before the occurrence and two shot holes had been bored in the rock that fell, with a view to blasting it down after the withdrawal of the timber under it.