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Surname
TURNER
Forename
Charles
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
73
Occupation
Waiter-On
Mine/Quarry Name
Broomfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wigan Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Standish
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
The deceased acted as waiter-on at the Chisnall Hall mouthing, and was last seen alive by a fireman who went inbye to prime some siphon pipes. He was apparently all right about half-an-hour later when the fireman signalled to him to open the valve of the siphon by rapping on the pipes. Two hours later the fireman returned to the shaft, but as Turner was missing, a search was made and his body was found in the sump. The entrance to the shaft was very well fenced and the mouthing lighted by electric lamps. There was no evidence to show how the deceased fell down the shaft.