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Surname
ARMITAGE
Forename
Ephraim
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1910
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Belthorn, Upper Mountain
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shaw's Glazed Brick Co. Ltd
Location
Yate & Pickup Bank
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall in working place, insufficient props. Inquest heard how nine feet of roof was unsupported, when according the Coal Mines Act the roof should be propped every four feet. (Accrington Observer).