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Surname
UNWIN
Forename
J.Y.
Day
17
Month
04
Year
1901
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chatterley-Whitfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Norton in the Moors
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in Hard Mine from between two slips while he was timbering road near working face. The fall was 16ft long by 2ft. 9ins. at widest place and 18ins. thick. One of the slips quite visible and the fireman had seen it. More bars should have been set before the fall occurred.