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Surname
OLDHAM
Forename
Thomas
Day
28
Month
11
Year
1901
Age
44
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hyde Lane
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hyde Lane Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hyde
County
Cheshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. A sudden weight came over the working place causing the roof to give way to a slip capping six props and fatally injuring him. There had been a few props drawn from under the roof in the waste which may have disturbed the roof at the face.