The claimant began work as a fireman for the appellant in 1911. Up to 1928 he shoveled coal into the boilers by hand and after that time mechanical stokers were used but the claimant testified that he continued to be exposed to coal dust, so much at times that it choked him. He stopped work on January 20, 1955 because he was having difficulty breathing. On February 3, 1955 the claimant was hospitalized and the diagnosis was bronchopneumonia, arteriosclerotic heart disease...
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