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Surname
DWYER
Forename
Edward
Day
07
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
25
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Garswood Hall, No.7 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Ashton-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
When filling a tub at the coal face, a fall of roof twenty-one feet by five feet by thirteen inches occurred and killed Dwyer on the spot. At least two props were knocked out by the fall. The roof contained slips.