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James Ashurst
| Age: | 33 |
| Died: | 3rd May 1913 |
| Accident: | 3rd May 1913 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1880 |
| Colliery: | Hindley Green, Grammar |
| Company: | J. Scowcroft and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Belt foreman |
| Notes: | Ashurst, who was in charge of the surface screening arrangements, appears to have gone under a fence rail, 3 feet 6 inches in height, for the purpose of examining the machinery and belting whilst it was in motion, with the result that some portion of his clothing got caught in the key of a revolving shaft and he was whirled around and fatally crushed |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: By Machinery |
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- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Liverpool and North Wales Division (No. 4B) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 56, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report
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