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Surname
HURST
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
07
Year
1901
Age
35
Occupation
Bricksetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Bispham Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bispham Hall Colliery Co.
Location
Billinge
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. They had been blowing the roof down to a height of fifteen feet to make room for haulage clutch wheels and when deceased was making the side walls a large stone fell out from between two joints in the roof which had not been timbered fatally injuring deceased.