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Surname
McNICHOLAS or McNICHOLES
Forename
Frank
Day
22
Month
05
Year
1912
Age
24
Occupation
Contractor’s Man
Mine/Quarry Name
Garswood Hall, No.7 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Garswood Hall Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Ashton-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
He was engaged packing a disused used gate road with stones from a caunch when a sudden weighting caused a stone, 8 feet by 2 f eet 6 inches by 1 foot 9 inches, to fall out of roof from between two rows of props set 4 feet apart, and, falling on him, caused his death.