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Surname
HOUGH
Forename
Thomas
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
40
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Atherton, No.1
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Atherton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
On an abandoned haulage road whilst drawing an iron girder, the woodbar to which chain of gablock attached gave way, two girders and another bar collapsed, the men were buried under a huge fall. Middle props ought to have been set, the roof was broken. (Average roof) 2 killed.