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Surname
DOVENOR
Forename
William
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1912
Age
28
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Crawford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged clearing away a fall of roof in a road near the end of some crashed brick arching. The arching was apparently unstable owing to coal pillars near having been worked out, and without any warning 15 feet of the archway suddenly collapsed and buried him.