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Surname
BURROWS
Forename
Richard
Day
26
Month
04
Year
1910
Age
58
Occupation
Owner
Mine/Quarry Name
Parkfield.
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Burrows & Tranter
Location
Parkfield
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Deceased was working alone in the bottom of a small shaft which was being cleansed from the Sulphur Coal to the New Mine Coal, and was about 12 yards below the former out inset. One man on the surface raised the material by a windlass and bowk. The banksman had lowered the empty bowk to deceased when he heard moaning and on securing a man from a neighbouring pit to go down, deceased was found with a severe wound on his head and an injured shoulder. Two pieces of brick lay beside him, and deceased had apparently been struck either by these bricks - which probably fell from the mouth of the inset - or by the bowk, or both. His skull was fractured, and he died on 2nd May. The shaft had not been properly examined, and the accident showed a great lack of ordinary care.