Richard Whittington crushed by the fall of a bell (General)
by andrewbaldwin 
, Gloucester, Friday, April 02, 2010, 20:10 (5428 days ago) @ lesleyr
Coal as you know is fosilised wood. A bell is a complete fosilised tree trunk that falls from the roof of the pit in one lump, this leaves a bell shape hole in the roof. A good many colliers lost thier lives to them.
Andy
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