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Surname
WATSON
Forename
Edward
Day
16
Month
06
Year
1906
Age
44
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Houghton Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Haughton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Little Houghton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was building a gate pack, and taking the stone from the goaf edge near to it, when some ‘softs’ and ‘bags,’ 2 feet 8 inches thick, suddenly fell over the props set to support it, and killed him.