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Surname
GLINN
Forename
Patrick
Day
11
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
27
Occupation
Haulage hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Collins Green, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Newton le Willows
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. They had gone to assist the fireman and others to place some boxes on he rails that had got off on a self-acting motion jig and when the rope started again one of the links of a chain on the upper side of them broke and the set of five full tubs came rushing down upon them before they reached the refuge hole. 2 killed.