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Surname
BERRY
Forename
Thomas
Day
26
Month
07
Year
1900
Age
72
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lawns Delph
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
John Laithwaite
Location
Upholland
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He with another man was getting bed stones out of a large fallen heap in the mine. They chained the bottom stones out first which caused a large one to slide from the top and it rolled against the deceased before he could get clear killing him.