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Surname
TYLDESLEY
Forename
George
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
39
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Pendlebury
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Andrew Knowles & Sons Ltd
Location
Pendlebury
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
In brow near face. Several men engaged in taking out props, had drawn three with the Sylvester a fourth they could not draw towards the face deceased was trying to knock it out with a prop when the whole place collapsed. Had they worked from the browside and pulled the prop with the Sylvester in that direction, they would have done it standing under good roof. (Roof good).