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Surname
YATES
Forename
William
Day
25
Month
09
Year
1903
Age
36
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Brownhills, No.3
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Harrison Ltd
Location
Brownhills
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Fall of side (coal) at longwall face in Shallow seam. A rate of coal 6 feet long and 1 foot 6 inches thick fell off face from a sooty back knocking out two posts with stretchers to coal and falling on to deceased as he was passing.