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Surname
CRESWELL
Forename
Ernest
Day
09
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Assistant onsetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Tibshelf, No.3
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Babbington Coal Co.
Location
Tibshelf
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
Deceased was taking empty tubs from the lower deck of a two-deck cage when the onsetter on the upper deck thought he heard a signal from deceased, and rang the cage away. The cage ascended and crushed deceased between the lower part of the cage and the beam of the floor of the upper deck.