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Surname
BERRY
Forename
James Taylor
Day
25
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
48
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Spindlepoint
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clifton & Kersley Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kearsley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Crushed by connecting rod of air compressing engine, no one saw it, believed to have opened the tap to run cold water into the cooler then sat close by connecting rod and either in sleep fell or lost his balance so as to get into the way of the connecting rod and was terribly crushed when found.