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John Holland
| Age: | 47 |
| Died: | 20th Jun 1907 |
| Accident: | 20th Jun 1907 6.10 p.m., 4th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1860 |
| Colliery: | Ashton Moss |
| Company: | New Moss Colliery, Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Notes: | In roadway near to face, engaged ripping roof for height, fall came from two converging slips, both had been exposed to view for some distance. The stone grazed the leg of another man who narrowly escaped. It ought to have been taken down. A fireman visited the men an hour before the accident and said not one word about the slips, altogether failed to perform his duty. The stone was 2 feet 7 inches thick and weighed a ton. (Average roof) (Roger seam) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Falls in the Mine :: Falls of Roof |
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- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 10 Where to find this report
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