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Samuel Sherratt
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| Died: | 6th Feb 1856 |
| Accident: | 6th Feb 1856 |
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| Colliery: | Kirkless Hall |
| Company: | Kirkless Hall Coal Company |
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| Notes: | Fall of roof |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Accident No. 6. — Fall of Roof.
Kirkless Hall Colliery, near Wigan, 6th February. — Two men were this day killed whilst working away a pillar of coal in the Arley Mine, when the roof suddenly gave way and fell upon them. It was proved in evidence that, a sufficient number of props were at hand at the time which they neglected to set. I inspected the place soon after the accident, when I discovered that the fall had come down from between two slips. In pillar working props should always be set for protection, whatever may be the appearance of the roof.
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- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 44
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Peter Higson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 6
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