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Surname
POTTS
Forename
Richard
Day
18
Month
04
Year
1904
Age
37
Occupation
Hooker On
Mine/Quarry Name
Bickershaw
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackers, Whitley & Co. Ltd
Location
Bickershaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged putting a hauling rope in the pulley at pit bottom when he was fatally injured by a piece of brick falling down the shaft. They had failed to detect the shaft was out of order though apparently it had been examined that shift.