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Surname
BURGESS
Forename
William
Day
13
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
45
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Eden (Downshire)
Mineral Worked
Salt
Owner
Carrickfergus Salt Works Co.
Location
Antrim
County
Co. Down
Details of Event
Crushed by the drum of winding engine. Had started the engine the wrong way instead of lowering skip, took it into the tower. In his anxiety to stop the engine, in applying the brake he in some way lost his balance and was carried over the fence on to the drum.