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Surname
SMITHSON
Forename
Robert
Day
28
Month
10
Year
1901
Age
32
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Clough Hall, No.18 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Birchenwood Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Kidsgrove
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof at bottom of dip in 7ft Banbury seam while the dip was being retimbered for an engine plane. The fall came off at a fault and the stone which fell should for that reason have been propped when men were working near.