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Surname
BENNION
Forename
Hugh
Day
12
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
60
Occupation
Pumpman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bettisfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bettisfield Colliery Co.
Location
Bagillt
County
Flintshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The deceased had been attending to the underground pumps after the men were out of the pit. The engineman received signals from deceased, that he was about to ascend, but he must have fallen into the sump as the cage came up empty and he was found dead in the sump.