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Surname
HOUGHTON
Forename
Richard
Day
08
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
33
Occupation
Timber Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Sutton Heath, King Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sutton Heath & Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged drawing props and bars in a waste near a colliers working place, and when loosening a prop from underneath a bar, a fall of roof eighteen feet by nine feet by four feet occurred between slips, and killed him. His hammer was found under the fall. The gablock and chain were got a few yards away