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Surname
ARMSTRONG
Forename
Joseph
Day
17
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
36
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Lea Green, Queen Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sutton Heath & Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Whilst entering a wooden cabin, eight feet by six feet three inches, at pit top to take dinner, the cabin toppled over and fell to the ground from a height of fifteen and a half feet, owing to the planks, on which the cabin rested, having been sawn through, during structural alterations. 3 killed.