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Surname
PARKINSON
Forename
Michael
Day
20
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
32
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Orrell, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Orrell Colliery Co.
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged working the bottom coal in the Orrell 5 feet Mine with props set about four feet apart under the dirt when a fall of roof came away from a slip capping two props and crushing the deceased.