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Surname
WHYSALL
Forename
James
Day
26
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
36
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Swanwick
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
C.R.P. Morewood
Location
Alfreton
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Whilst deceased and his loader were getting down some coal with a ringer to make room for a bar, a piece of bat, 9 feet long, 2 feet wide,, and 9 inches thick, fell from the roof upon his head and killed him. The fall knocked out a "watch" prop set underneath it.