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Surname
HOLLAND
Forename
John
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
47
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Ashton Moss
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
New Moss Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Audenshaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in roadway near to face, engaged ripping roof for height, fall came from two converging slips, both had been exposed to view for some distance. The stone grazed the leg of another man who narrowly escaped. It ought to have been taken down. A fireman visited the men an hour before the accident and said not one word about the slips, altogether failed to perform his duty. The stone was 2 feet 7 inches thick and weighed about a ton. (Average roof).