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Surname
FORBER
Forename
John
Day
14
Month
02
Year
1901
Age
52
Occupation
Daywageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Sherdley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitecross Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. They had been clearing a large fall in the airway and they had put up bars three feet apart but when he was poling timber above the bars he appears to have disturbed a loose stone which fell striking him. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 17th instant.