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Surname
HATTON
Forename
John
Day
16
Month
03
Year
1914
Age
24
Occupation
Banksman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bank, No.4 (Pretoria) Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Hulton Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Westhoughton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged on the pit brow changing a fence bar or rail which was, bent. He had removed the bent rail and was replacing it with a straight rail when apparently it slipped and jerked him into the pit. There were two rails forming the fence, and the top rail was in its place, 2 feet 7 inches above the banking floor. Deceased had often changed the rails. He ought to have had the cage in such a position that he could not have fallen into the pit. He fell 435 yards.