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Surname
McDONALD
Forename
Michael
Day
23
Month
04
Year
1911
Age
42
Occupation
Bricksetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Maypole
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Moss Hall Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Platt Bridge
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Whilst ascending shaft on top of cage after working in the shaft along with another man, he fell off the cage, and through the breaking of the safety chain of the belt he was wearing, he fell a distance of 350 yards and was killed.