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Surname
KEELEY
Forename
Thomas
Day
06
Month
04
Year
1906
Age
28
Occupation
Hooker On
Mine/Quarry Name
Douglas Bank
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Rosebridge & Douglas Bank Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. While he was attempting to push a tub further in the cage, with his foot, and pulling down the bow, around the end of tub; he appears to have got his foot fast, after telling his mate to signal the winder to start. He was carried up about six yards, to the shelter covering, where he fell back, down the shaft into the sump. He died from pneumonia, accelerated by the accident, April 17th, 1906.