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Surname
RILEY
Forename
Richard
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1906
Age
54
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Gambleside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
George Hargreaves & Co.
Location
Crawshaw Booth
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
In roadway of pillaring place, whilst striking a prop with short hammer, large fall of roof came away from a well defined ‘rig,’ a small fall just before the fatal fall showed the rig. A gablock and chain ought to have been used. (Good roof.).