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Surname
HALPINE
Forename
Matthew
Day
06
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
32
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Houghton Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Houghton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Little Houghton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was building a gate side pack when a large fall of roof, coal, and stone, took place and killed him. The fall came from two converging slip and several props and bars and a wood pack were displaced by the fall which was due to a weight bump.