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Surname
BRIAN
Forename
Arthur
Day
13
Month
01
Year
1908
Age
31
Occupation
Loader
Mine/Quarry Name
Florence
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Florence Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Longton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
A slab of coal, 6ft. 9ins. long, 3ft. 6ins. deep, and 1ft. 6ins. thick, fell off the face of the breasting in the Main Coal on to a heap of coals on the floor from which deceased had been loading. The fall caused a lump weighing 4 or 5cwt which lay on the top of the heap to slip down, and it caught deceased and crushed him against a prop. The buttocker had previously attempted, without success to get down the coal which caused the accident and had decided that a shot would be necessary to blow it down Deceased was severely crushed about the lower parts of the body and died from the injuries on Feb. 28th.