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Surname
WOOLAM
Forename
Thomas
Day
16
Month
07
Year
1905
Age
47
Occupation
Daywageman
Mine/Quarry Name
New Boston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged repairing the main brow, on a Sunday, in the Ravenhead Higher Delf Mine. The road which was about fifteen feet wide in that part had been falling and under repairs for about a week and when they were engaged putting a large balk of timber up across the road to complete the timbering, another fall occurred knocking out six bars and burying five men and causing injuries to two other persons. 5 killed. Married with six children,