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Surname
FRIPP
Forename
James
Day
03
Month
03
Year
1908
Age
17
Occupation
Gangrider
Mine/Quarry Name
Greengate Park
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John J. Bate
Location
St Helen's
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
He was riding up the haulage brow on the chain in front of the full tubs, when he appears to have fallen, and got fatally crushed by the tubs. At the inquiry it was urged that gang-riding should be stopped.