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Surname
COLLINSON
Forename
James
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
52
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Worsley Mesnes
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Worsley Menses Colliery Co.
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased persons were at the bottom of the downbrow tunnel and appear to have connected the wires of a shot to a cable attached to the electric (haulage) signal which exploded the shot fatally injuring Collinson and also Bibby who succumbed to the injuries received at the Wigan Infirmary. 2 killed.