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Surname
LOWE
Forename
Fred
Day
26
Month
09
Year
1911
Age
18
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Clock Face
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
When taking down brow an empty tub, other three tubs which he had previously unlashed from the haulage rope, followed, and through jamming him against a centre prop, inflicted injuries from which he died on October 10. In this case the centre prop was only six inches from the side of the tub.