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Surname
RILEY
Forename
James
Day
19
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
21
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Clock Face
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Sinking. Inspection made and inquest attended. A new winder when learning how to use the engine (when the regular man was present with him), in lowering the empty hoppit let it run past the holding up place, and it ran fast into the bottom alighting on the deceased, who was fatally injured. The sinkers should have been withdrawn whilst these lessons were being given.