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Surname
GEORGE
Forename
Benjamin
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1910
Age
38
Occupation
Stallman
Mine/Quarry Name
Britain Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Butterley Co. Ltd
Location
Ripley
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
As the men were descending the shaft for the day-shift, one deck of the cage contained only two men. Deceased arrived after the fence had been put across the deck and the signal given to lower the cage and tried to get into it. The cage struck him and He fell down the shaft, 243 yards.