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Surname
CLARKE
Forename
James Alfred
Day
23
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
28
Occupation
Pusher-On
Mine/Quarry Name
Woodpark
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bardsley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in roadway whilst waiting for a trip of full wagons. A huge fall, 20 feet long, 12 feet wide, 8 feet thick. Displaced seven bars and a steel girder. Fall came from a slip on one side of the road; pushed out the props on that side and let down the bars. Two boys narrowly escaped. 2 killed.