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Surname
GARNER
Forename
John William
Day
10
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
20
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Bold
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Earlstown
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
While a shot was being fired in the ripping of a gate-road the lower side of the coal face was left unguarded, and deceased evidently came along the face and entered the place at the moment the shot was fired. He was buried under the stone blown down by the shot. The accident was due to a breach of Section 2 (e) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order, inasmuch as the shotfirer neglected to take suitable steps to prevent any person approaching the shot.