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Surname
WALKER
Forename
Thomas
Day
25
Month
06
Year
1902
Age
40
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Strangeways Hall, Trafford Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Crompton & Shawcross Ltd
Location
Hindley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. When they were descending in a hoppet attached to a lock-coiled rope the hoppit appeared to have struck a ventilating tube bearer where there was about twenty eight inches clearance which caused the two deceased persons to fall to the bottom of the shaft a distance of 80 yards and they were killed. The engineman stated he let them down steady. Guides were adopted afterwards for the further deepening of the shaft. 2 killed.