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Surname
TOMKINSON
Forename
Frederick
Day
07
Month
01
Year
1910
Age
55
Occupation
Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Apedale, Burley Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Midland Coal, Coke & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Apedale
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged in ripping the roof in a level in the Seven Feet Banbury Coal (inclination 40 degrees), in order to widen a shunt. He was pulling with a ringer at some loose jagged rock at the deep side, when a shell of rock about 7ft. being, 4 or 5ft. wide, and 5ins. thick at one end, tailing out to nothing, fell from the reef above him. Before commencing, he had examined the roof carefully and considered it safe