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Surname
ASHTON
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
28
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Pendlebury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Andrew Knowles & Sons Ltd
Location
Pendlebury
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in waste of working place. He went in the waste 12 feet from the face to get stone to build a pack wall piece of overhanging stone fell just as he got to the place. There were plenty of large pieces of stone close by the pack he could not break these but sought smaller stones. (Bad roof.)