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John Foster
| Age: | Boy |
| Died: | 4th Jan 1859 |
| Accident: | 4th Jan 1859 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1859 |
| Colliery: | Agecroft |
| Company: | Andrew Knowles and Sons |
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| Notes: | Drawn against the pulley, and precipated down the pit shaft. The leather band of the indicator which had 1½ hours before had been refixed, slipped loose. The engineman was trusting solely to hearing the bell |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 08 Jan 1859 | News (Berwick Journal) |
- Lancashire Mining Disasters, 1835 - 1910 by Jack Nadin, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2006, ISBN 1-903425-95-5
- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report, Manchester District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 37, Accident Number: 1
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