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Surname
MURPHY
Forename
Michael
Day
29
Month
06
Year
1908
Age
30
Occupation
Daywageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ashton's Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bromilow, Foster & Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
The cage began to descend, whilst deceased was in the act of getting into it, to go down the pit, and be got fatally crushed between the cage and the pit top. The engineman having started the engine without receiving the proper signal, who was afterwards prosecuted and fined for breach of rules.