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Surname
FARRIMOND
Forename
George
Day
22
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hindley Field, No.5
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hindley Field Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Farrimond was building a pack 3 feet 9 inches from coal face, when a piece of coal and dirt 8 feet long and 4 feet high, and from 3 inches to 18 inches thick, fell over from the face from off a slip in the coal, and struck him on the abdomen inflicting injuries from which lie died on 25th instant. The falling coal displaced a prop set close up to the coal face.