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Surname
WRAY
Forename
Joseph
Day
16
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
65
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Spindlepoint
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clifton & Kersley Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kearsley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
In a roadway, disused, whilst sat eating dinner, large stone fell on to the three men a prop under one end was pushed out. The fall was 11 feet 9 inches long, 8 feet 7 inches wide, 15 inches thick on one side and 9 inches on the other. In all probability the prop which gave way had been gradually loosened by the door lifting. The point was that the three men were 7 yards in advance of the restored, secured portion of the level; it would have been wiser to retire back along the re-timbered portion to have their meal. (Good roof).