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Surname
BRISCOE
Forename
John
Day
17
Month
01
Year
1905
Age
44
Occupation
Contractor
Mine/Quarry Name
Leigh
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was working in a tunnel which was barred and covered but as the tunnel was just reaching up to old workings in the four-feet seam, the roof came down bodily the timber not being close enough, and deceased was fatally injured.