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Surname
DRAPER
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
05
Year
1900
Age
15
Occupation
Greaser
Mine/Quarry Name
Moss, No.6
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Ince-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
He appears to have given up his work on the pit bank and went down to the steam boilers and was waiting about for the surface manager and when crossing the railway from the boilers he was knocked down by an empty railway wagon which was being lowered towards the screens just at the time.