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Surname
DOWNHAM
Forename
Ernest
Day
10
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
21
Occupation
Lasher-On
Mine/Quarry Name
Bickershaw
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackers, Whitley & Co. Ltd
Location
Bickershaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
When engaged as a lasher-on in a brow dipping one in eight, a lashing chain attaching two full tubs of dirt to the endless rope, broke, and the tubs running back down-brow, broke the lashing chain of the two following tubs, with the result that Downham got killed by the tubs before he could enter the level, near which he was occupied. The manholes were Six to eight yards apart.