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Surname
WOOD
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
53
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Reservoir Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Moira Colliery Co.
Location
Overseal
County
Leicestershire
Details of Event
Fall of coal. Deceased stood watching his loader who was getting down some overhanging coal, when a heavy bump caused the coal to fall. It fell against and knocked out a prop which struck deceased and fractured his skull.