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Surname
WHITEHEAD
Forename
James
Day
22
Month
03
Year
1906
Age
48
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Butterworth Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd
Location
Milnrow
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Fall of stone from above coal in working face, overhung 10 inches without any support, it came away from a clearly defined joint which had been seen. Fall, 14 feet long, 2 feet thick 22 inches wide at the roof, and 12 inches wide at the top of the coal seam, this being 16.5 inches in thickness.