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Surname
LEACH
Forename
William Henry
Day
05
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
21
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Ellesmere
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Ellesmere
Location
Little Hulton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall at working face from between a pronounced slip and a weight break, with known timbering distance 4 feet the distance from props to face was 5 feet and two props in the row were 5 feet 2 inches apart. Fall 11 feet long. Father to deceased was prevented attending work by an accident. He was a good man and would have carried out the rules. (Roof good).