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William Whitfield
| Age: | 31 |
| Died: | 24th Feb 1899 |
| Accident: | 24th Feb 1899 4.30 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1868 |
| Colliery: | Talk O' Th' Hill, No. 2 Pit |
| Company: | Talk o' th' Hill Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Wincher |
| Notes: | Fall of roof on a drawing road in 7 feet Banbury Seam. The fall occurred on an anticlinal where the seam turned downward. The road had been widened to form an engine house, and some of the rock roof was taken down. A post under the stone which fell was canted out. The stone fell from a fault leader on one side, and broke off on the other side ; where it broke there were many patches of white spar. It had probably been fractured here by a heavy "goth" three or four minutes before it fell, and being then too heavy on one side it canted out the post |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), North Staffordshire District (No. 10) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 24, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report
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