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Surname
DICKINSON
Forename
Harry
Day
25
Month
05
Year
1911
Age
58
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Moor Road, Mountain
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chorley Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Chorley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Sudden collapse of roof in a pillaring working place. Fall extended over a 100 square yards. Three rows of props, 3 feet apart, the props 4 feet apart, these were next to the face. Only a few seconds warning, which enabled one man to escape, in two seconds deceased would have been clear.