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Surname
APPLETON
Forename
James
Day
27
Month
03
Year
1901
Age
32
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bickerstaffe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Foster Williams & Co.
Location
Bickerstaffe
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased with others was engaged fixing air pipes in the shaft standing on the cage top to which a flap had been added to make it larger when by some means he overbalanced himself and fell to the bottom of the shaft.