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Surname
WORTHINGTON
Forename
James Ernest
Day
09
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
33
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Ellesmere
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Ellesmere
Location
Little Hulton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Deceased was crushed by a set of empty tubs in a self-acting jigbrow. The first of ten descending full tube left the rails at the top end of meetings, and with the assistance of the jigger, deceased put the tub on the rails again. The jigges then ran the set, but when the empty set arrived at the bank head, he found the deceased inside the first empty tub seriously injured. Worthington died on the way to the Infirmary. He probably rode up the brow and was crushed against a low portion of the road.