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Surname
NEWTON
Forename
Joseph
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
57
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Oak
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Chamber Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hollinwood
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
At face of working place, from known slip. Timbering rule four feet distance proved to be five feet without support; the prop wanted would probably have saved the life. (Bad roof).