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Surname
BRINDLE
Forename
Richard
Day
18
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
55
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Town Bent, Mountain
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
The Oswaldtwistle Collieries Ltd
Location
Oswaldtwistle
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of roof in working place after drawing props. (Good roof.) Of 369 Union road, Oswaldtwistle, a married man met with a shocking death whilst following his employment as a collier at the Oswaldtwistle Colliery Company's Town Bent Pit. He was engaged in filling a wagon along with a man named Henry Hayes, when some props used in the workings gave forth a cracking noise. Hayes shouted to his mate "It's coming, Dick" and both set off at a run, Brindle was however too late to save himself, a portion of the roof coming in with a crash on the top of him crushing him terribly about the head. Hayes escaped with a slight injury to the back. (Accrington Advertiser, July 20th. 1900).