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Surname
FARRIMOND
Forename
William
Day
10
Month
04
Year
1901
Age
24
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Orrell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Orrell Colliery Co.
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. When engaged getting materials out of the Orrell four-feet mine just after the seam had been abandoned the fireman appears to have fired a charge of roberite on an iron cog wheel in a level near the main haulage brow in a dusty part of the mine without the knowledge of the managers and contrary to the rules. An explosion of coal dust occurred which travelled through the main roads killing Halliwell and Farrimond and the other two persons. Sharrock and Parkinson succumbed to the injuries received about a week after the explosion. 4 killed.