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Surname
RICHARDSON
Forename
Mark
Day
14
Month
08
Year
1914
Age
24
Occupation
Dayman
Mine/Quarry Name
Pendleton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Andrew Knowles & Sons Ltd
Location
Pendleton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
The deceased and others were engaged in excavating a hole in a roadway for the foundation of a brick fire stopping. Without warning a stretcher bar covered with lagging fell out. One of the leggings caught Richardson as he ran away and pierced his abdomen and side. The examination of this place bad been performed in a perfunctory manner by the fireman, seebig that men were reuuired to work under this roof for a long time.