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John Knapper
| Age: | 37 |
| Died: | 23rd Aug 1912 |
| Accident: | 23rd Aug 1912 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1875 |
| Colliery: | Birchenwood |
| Company: | Birchenwood Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Notes: | Deceased was at work in the well of a slack elevator 25 feet below the ground level. At the same time two mechanics were engaged adjusting a driving pulley on its shaft 10 feet above the ground level. They had placed a cast-iron torch lamp on top of a pedestal, and one of them on turning round accidently upset the lamp, which fell through a small opening in the floor and struck the deceased on the head, causing severe injury, from the effects of which he died on the same day |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: Miscellaneous |
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- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Midland and Southern District (No. 8) by Hugh Johnstone, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 66, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report
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