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Surname
ALDRED
Forename
James
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1905
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
St George's
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Astley & Tyldesley Collieries Ltd
Location
Tyldesley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in working place while drawing a prop with short hammer, roof broken and drawn, sent for gablock, two gablocks in shunt 120 yards away, gablocks not used, disclosed weakness of Special Rule permitting Colliers to deal with props without gablocks. Died 16th February. (Average roof.).