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Surname
JONES
Forename
Roger
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1912
Age
43
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Bank, No.3 (Pretoria) Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Westhoughton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
In roadway, 7 yards back from the face, in the Yard Mine, taking out a broken prop, using a short hammer, a large pot hole was liberated, the stone fell on to him. A hole had been drilled in the stone which fell for a shot to blow it down Died 25th February.