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Surname
WATSON
Forename
Joseph
Day
25
Month
06
Year
1902
Age
66
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Salterwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Denby Iron Co.
Location
Marehay
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Fall of coal while holing or cutting the seam. The seam was divided by a parting and there appears to have been only one short sprag set to support the lower part of the seam. The long sprags to the upper part the seam were less than the fixed distance apart.