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Surname
FILLINGHAM
Forename
John
Day
04
Month
12
Year
1903
Age
20
Occupation
Oiler
Mine/Quarry Name
Eccleston Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Eccleston Hall Colliery Co.
Location
Gillar's Green
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged in haulage downbrow and got crushed by two tubs getting uncoupled from the set attached to rope as he was apparently entering a manhole. Some of the tubs were off the rails which accounted for them getting uncoupled. It was suggested at the inquiry that colliery couplings should be improved.