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Surname
BRADLEY
Forename
Edward Harrison
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1900
Age
14
Occupation
Greaser
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitehaven, Wellington Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Whitehaven Colliery Co.
Location
Whitehaven
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Inspection made. He was employed as a greaser on an endless rope haulage plane when by some means he was caught by a full set and dragged over 200 yards. There was no empty set within 500 yards at the time and the speed of the rope was under three miles an hour.