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Surname
PYETT
Forename
Robert
Day
24
Month
02
Year
1912
Age
53
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Abram, No.4
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Abram Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bickershaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
These men were inspecting workings in a downbrow beyond an underground fire, and, through leaving the intake and entering workings vitiated by the fire, they were overcome and killed by carbon monoxide. The deceased started work at 10 p.m., and, after reporting the result of first inspection, returned to the workings at 1.30 a.m. to make a second inspection. 2 killed.