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Surname
CROOKS
Forename
Thomas
Day
31
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
19
Occupation
Lasher on
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherdley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitecross Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased with others was following full tubs up a steep endless-rope haulage brow when the lashing chain slipped and the tubs ran hack and killed him. They had a rule stating men should not travel with the tubs when in motion but they did not enforce it in the night shift.