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Surname
ECCLESTON
Forename
James
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1901
Age
23
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Prospect
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Standish
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He had commenced holing under the coal having a sprag set against the coal and a prop set vertical under overhanging ley when a piece of coal and ley came away from a slip capping the sprag and crushed the deceased against a prop fatally injuring him. He expired the same day.