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Surname
ALKER
Forename
William
Day
28
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
37
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Strangeways Hall, Trafford Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crompton & Shawcross Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
These men, along with others, were engaged enlarging a roadway to form an underground fan-engine room. A large area of roof had been exposed, and while levelling out the dirt preparatory to setting timber to this roof, a fall of stone about 12 feet by 10 feet by 6 to 10 inches thick occurred, and buried all three men and injured a fourth man. In exposing such a large area of roof the fireman in charge (who was killed) is said to have acted contrary to instructions received from the management. 3 killed.