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Surname
HAGGIS
Forename
John
Day
01
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
33
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
St George's
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Astley & Tyldesley Collieries Ltd
Location
Tyldesley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of side in engine brow whilst repairing, from a break. pronounced and known, overhung 2ft. and drawn from the roof. Directed by the fireman to get it down and to work at it from the top side. After trying for half an hour in accordance with the direction, be then went directly in front and struck half-a-dozen blows with a 12lb. hammer the stone fell before he could move, he was buried underneath, the shaft of hammer clenched in his hands when found. 7ft. long, 7ft. 3ins. high.