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Henry Joyce
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 5th Oct 1887 |
| Accident: | 28th Sep 1887 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1857 |
| Colliery: | Egremont, No. 4 Pit |
| Company: | Gillfoot Mining Co |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | deceased was standing at an eye in No. 4 and was looking into the shaft for some unknown reason when the descending cage struck him; he had no business at the shaft, died from erysipelas |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 29 Sep 1887 | Accident At Egremont (Whitehaven News) |
| 06 Oct 1887 | Fatal Result Of An Accident At Egremont (Whitehaven News) |
| 13 Oct 1887 | The Mining Fatality At Gillfoot Park Mines (Whitehaven News) |
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- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| mike reddington | 06 Aug 2013 |
one of my uncles worked @wheatly hill & another whose remains lie on Gallipoli was employed around that cluster of mines hooking on or off the tubs of coalthe name was MichaelJoyce his father also worked there lived in warbottle he was employed as a trap boy 9 year old don't know where |
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| Robert Erett | 21 Aug 2017 |
My wife descends from the Eilbeck family, who resided at Church Street and Lamb Lane, Egremont in the late 19th century and later |
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