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Surname
NORTON
Forename
Joseph
Day
03
Month
06
Year
1911
Age
45
Occupation
Bricksetter
Mine/Quarry Name
Linnyshaw
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Ellesmere
Location
Worsley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Whilst repairing brick lining or wall of shaft, about 60 yards from surface, some brickwork above collapsed, Norton was knocked off the scaffold into the shaft. Old shaft, single brick wall, decayed wood rings.