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Surname
ASHCROFT
Forename
Richard
Day
30
Month
08
Year
1909
Age
18
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Sutton Heath, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sutton Heath & Lea Green Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
The deceased, who was acting as a banksman, when putting an empty tub into the cage the engine winder started the cage off, apparently without the proper signal, and deceased and the tub fell down the shaft.