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History of Wigan (Help with ancient and recent history.)
Started by: Lois B (4)
Thanks all. You were correct flaggy delf, his death certificate states he was killed by a fall of stone at the Abram Colliery. Still think it's strange I can't find any reference to his death anywhere. Maybe because it was so soon after the Maypole disaster he just got overlooked. The coroner at his inquest was S Brighouse the same man who oversaw the Maypole disaster. Shame really - he was only 15! Was there a Wigan Observer or similar at the time does anyone know? I have a subscription to the British Newspaper Archives but there doesn't seem to be any Wigan papers on yet.
Replied: 13th May 2013 at 18:11