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Surname
SMITH
Forename
William Henry
Day
27
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
38
Occupation
Carpenter
Mine/Quarry Name
Manton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Manton
County
Nottinghamshire
Details of Event
Repairs were being made at the bottom of a working shaft, and it was necessary to partly uncover the sump for that purpose. The deceased, who was a skilled and careful workman, stepped across a hole 3ft. 3in. long and 1ft. 7in. wide to get a hammer and chisel. He was coming back when he was seen to disappear down the hole. He fell a distance of 47 feet and was drowned in the water at the bottom of the sump. The place was well lighted with electric light, and it is extraordinary that the deceased should have fallen through so small a hole.