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Surname
WARD
Forename
Frederick
Day
25
Month
07
Year
1902
Age
36
Occupation
Stoker
Mine/Quarry Name
Ashton's Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bromilow, Foster & Co. Ltd
Location
St Helens
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inquiry made. Whilst stoking at night the fire of one of the steam boilers he appears to have accidentally struck the overhanging paraffin lamp with the rake and it fell upon him setting his clothes on fire. He succumbed to the injuries received on the 29th instantly.