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Surname
WALMERSLEY or WALMSLEY
Forename
Hugh
Day
22
Month
07
Year
1913
Age
54
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Moss, No.6
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iron Co Ltd
Location
Ince-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed in taking a 6-yard cut up along the side of a fault in the Wigan 6 feet seam. When he was about to fill a tub with coal a sudden weighting took place, and brought down a large fall of roof coal. He ran towards a timber stack about 3 yards from the face, but was caught by the fall. Almost immediately a second weighting brought down a further fall of roof over an area of about 19 feet by 12 feet, and completely buried him. When released half an hour later he was dead. The fall displaced four bars and a number of props, and broke over the timber stack.