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Surname
JONES
Forename
Theophilus
Day
12
Month
02
Year
1903
Age
35
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Chanters
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fletcher, Burrows & Co. Ltd
Location
Atherton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
In a shaft being sunk from the yard mine to the Arley Mine a hoppet or bucket full of stone being raised to the yard mine collided against the side of the frame at the yard mine landing the contents fell on to the men working at the bottom 60 yards below. One man killed, 6 injured.