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Surname
TAYLOR
Forename
John
Day
09
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
52
Occupation
Dataller
Mine/Quarry Name
Bickershaw
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ackers, Whitley & Co. Ltd
Location
Bickershaw
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
A large fall on a main haulage level had been cleaned up and temporary timber set. Under cover of this timber, deceased was assisting to erect the permanent timbering, when a stone fell from above the covering bars and struck him on the head. He died in the infirmary on 1st October from septic pneumonia, brought on by injuries received.