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Surname
HANSON
Forename
Joseph
Day
28
Month
11
Year
1901
Age
15
Occupation
Dirt Picker
Mine/Quarry Name
New Lester
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Roscoe & Sons
Location
Tyldesley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Crushed by revolving shaft driving the screen belts. Height of deceased was 5ft 4in. Height of shaft above floor 6ft 1.5ins. He jumped up laid hold of the shaft in play. His necktie was found twisted round the shaft. Shaft 2.5ins diameter running 90 revs per min.