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Surname
ARNOLD
Forename
James
Day
12
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
16
Occupation
Engine boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton [or Wood]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased got caught in the machinery of the shaker screen engine his body being found underneath. Nobody saw how the accident took place but it is supposed he went to examine some part of the engine when in motion and got caught and crushed. The flywheels were fenced on each side.