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Date:	11th October 1856
Colliery:	Coppice
Company:	Thornleycroft and Co.
Cause:	Shaft accident
Lives Lost:	1
Category:

Drawing coal in loose skips, without the aid and security of guides and cages, is the prevailing custom, and from such primitive method of winding arose the deaths recorded in the accidents numbered in the list 17, 52, 101, and 124.

Source: 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 83

	Ward, Thomas, aged 20, Fell out of the skip ascending the shaft
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