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Surname
WILCOCK
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1914
Age
48
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Long Lane
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Garswood Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Ashton-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
While working on the longwall face in the Ince Four Feet Seam, a stone, 8 feet long, 24 feet wide, and 9 inches thick, suddenly fell away from between t … [text missing] place about an hour previously and told deceased to set another prop. It is supposed he was in the act of doing so when he was killed.