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Surname
LEYLAND
Forename
James
Day
09
Month
04
Year
1908
Age
14
Occupation
Lasher On
Mine/Quarry Name
Moss, No.4
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Ince-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
A 4-inch steel shaft on which the far end haulage pulley worked broke at a flaw, which had not been previously detected; which liberated the haulage rope, and which fatally injured deceased.