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Surname
BRISCOE
Forename
Herbert (injured)
Day
24
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
18
Occupation
Stoneman
Mine/Quarry Name
Mosley Common, No.4
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Ellesmere
Location
Ellenbrook
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
The deceased men were engaged in enlarging the pit bottom. Three shots had been fired in the roof and the roof carefully examined afterwards. While removing the debris from the shots a large slab of rock estimated to weigh 4 tons fell away from a slip and caught deceased. 1 killed 1 injured.