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Surname
MONKS
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
09
Year
1900
Age
27
Occupation
Daywageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bickershaw, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackers, Whitley & Co. Ltd
Location
Bickershaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. They were engaged on a scaffold near the pit bottom making a high place for the endless rope haulage motion wheels when a large stone fell from a break in the roof upon him and capping two props. The under manager and fireman were near to the point at the time.