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Surname
ATKINSON
Forename
William
Day
13
Month
09
Year
1902
Age
52
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hoddlesden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Joseph Place & Sons Ltd
Location
Hoddlesden
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of coal from face of working place. Overhung and undermined 4 feet 11 feet in length. He had also tried to wedge the coal down yet he placed himself under this long length unsupported and was further undermining when the coal fell on him.