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Surname
JONES
Forename
Edward
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1900
Age
50
Occupation
Collier
Mine/Quarry Name
Bychton Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bychton Hall Colliery Co.
Location
Mostyn
County
Flintshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The iron guard adopted to guide the hoppit between two wire rope guides down the shaft which was being deepened to a lower seam for some reason got stuck fast for a time in the head gear and when the hoppit had descended a considerable distance the guard suddenly fell striking the deceased who was being lowered in the hoppit killing him. The engineman and the banksman stated they did not notice that the sliding guard had not descended the same time as the hoppit.