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Surname
RIGBY
Forename
Thomas
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
44
Occupation
Timber Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bickershaw
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackers, Whitley & Co. Ltd
Location
Bickershaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased and another man were engaged in withdrawing timber from the waste a few feet from the coal face. Three chocks had been withdrawn, and deceased was reaching with his pick to pull out some of the fallen timber when a large stone fell on him from the roof and caused instant death.