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Surname
QUINN
Forename
Michael
Day
24
Month
03
Year
1909
Age
29
Occupation
Chargeman
Mine/Quarry Name
Douglas Bank
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rosebridge & Douglas Bank Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
When engaged fixing a twelve-foot bar under the roof, with two other men, they had one end of bar resting on a ledge in the side, which gave way and deceased got fatally crushed by the bar falling upon him, when he was preparing to have it propped.