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Surname
PARRY
Forename
Richard
Day
12
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
15
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Collins Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Newton le Willows
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
An empty tub became derailed on an endless rope haulage road, and getting fast caused a straw on the ropes which pulled out the terminal pulley-frame along with the timber to which it was attached. The consequent fall of roof buried deceased. The terminal pulley-frame was not anchored, and owing to the method by which the framing was secured, the sudden strain on the rope and frame pulled out the timber which kept the frame in position, and also acted as the roof support.