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Surname
BLURTON
Forename
William
Day
16
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
22
Occupation
Assistant dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Florence
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Florence Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Longton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
The cage in which he was ascending the shaft got out of the wood guides and collided with the descending cage. The tacklers or cage chains of the ascending cage broke and it fell with the men to the bottom of the shaft. 2 killed.