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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Herbert
Day
11
Month
09
Year
1900
Age
25
Occupation
Daywageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Strangeways Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crompton & Shawcross Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He is said to have taken dirt from around the foot of a prop with the view of taking it out for roofing down and when attempting to do so a large stone fell from the roof upon the deceased. The gablock and chain was in the shunt about twenty yards distant.