Full Details

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.