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Surname
PILKINGTON
Forename
Thomas
Day
06
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
51
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Eccleston Hall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
W. & T. Lathom
Location
Gillar's Green
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
They had been unloading long bars in a mouthing and had signalled the cage away, and the next time the cage descended, it struck the bars, which tilted up, fatally injuring the two deceased persons, owing to the bars having been left too near the pit shaft. 2 killed.