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Surname
LANCASTER
Forename
John William
Day
09
Month
04
Year
1901
Age
37
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Greenside Mine
Mineral Worked
Lead Ore
Owner
Greenside Mining Co. Ltd
Location
Glenridding
County
Westmorland
Details of Event
This man and other two miners were sitting on the top of the lead ore in a hopper getting a meal when a man in the level below opened the spout or shoot to a waggon and the other lead ore rushed in carrying the three men with it. Lancaster and the other two men were seriously injured, Lancaster fatally.