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Surname
FAIRHURST
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1904
Age
44
Occupation
Wagon lowerer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bamfurlong
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cross, Tetley & Co. Ltd
Location
Bamfurlong
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased was lowering a waggon under the screens and got crushed between the upright supports and the waggon owing to the upright support being too near the rails. He succumbed to the injuries received at Wigan Infirmary, March 9, 1904.