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Surname
SCHOFIELD
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Hewlett, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall in drawing road 6 yards from face whilst pushing behind full tubs his son was pulling at front of tub. A stone 4 feet square pulled over a prop and fell on his head and shoulders forcing him face downwards to the floor. The stone fell from lip of ripping had a bar secured this the accident would probably not have happened. (Roof bad).