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Surname
HIGGINS
Forename
Patrick
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
50
Occupation
Contractor’s Man
Mine/Quarry Name
Ashton's Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bromilow, Foster & Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was trailing two 6-feet rails down a haulage brow, when a stone about 4 feet square and 7 inches thick dropped from the roof and crushed him. He was found doubled up in a crouching position and had probably been suffocated. The haulage road was also the return airway, and the stone was damp and had fallen away at a slip running diagonally towards a refuge hole. The road had been in use about 15 months, and although no timber was actually under the stone, there were two supports close to it at the side.