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Surname
LAND
Forename
Edwin
Day
13
Month
11
Year
1903
Age
25
Occupation
Horse Tenter
Mine/Quarry Name
Pemberton, Queen Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pemberton Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was entering the cage at the Orrell five feet mouthing when it was suddenly lowered by the engineman before he received any signal and deceased was crushed and fell down the shaft a distance of 62 yards and was killed. The engineman had worked the engine thirty five years without any previous accident.