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Surname
SHORT
Forename
Joseph
Day
22
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
16
Occupation
Horse Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Cannock & Leacroft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cannock & Leacroft Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Leacroft
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was conducting his horse outbye attached to two tubs of coal, when he was seen to stumble, lurch forward, and strike his bead violently against a roof prop set at the side of the haulage road. He sustained a fracture of the base of the skull and almost died immediately.