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Surname
HOLMES
Forename
Enoch
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1901
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Mountain (a)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
George Watkinson & Sons Ltd
Location
Buckley
County
Flintshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was in the act of loosening the top of a prop from under the roof with his hammer when a large piece of rock fell and killed him. They had a gablock and chain near but the prop had to be loosened before it could be withdrawn.