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Patrick Higgins
| Age: | 22 |
| Died: | 30th May 1895 |
| Accident: | 30th May 1895 4:30 PM, 10th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1873 |
| Colliery: | West Cumberland |
| Company: | Tate, Spencer and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | quarrying operations on rather an extensive scale were being carried on at this slag heap, with the view of recovering scrap metal; deceased was working with his father and others, near an overhanging mass of slag, which eventually fell, and buried him; this particular place was known to be unsafe, and shortly before the accident deceased and his father were moved by the foreman some distance from the dangerous point, but the fall spread further than was expected |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 48, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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