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Surname
DIX
Forename
Richard
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1902
Age
44
Occupation
Prop drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Garswood Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Ashton-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was attempting to draw out a chock with the gablock and chain when the prop which they had secured the gablock to gave way which liberated a rock stone from the roof which fell upon deceased fatally in injuring him.