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Date:	26th November 1856
Colliery:	Cheslyn Hay
Company:	Edward Sayer
Cause:	Shaft accident
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 120 proves the danger of placing a mere child to act as assistant banksman. He neglected to fasten the "runner," which glided back from the shaft, and occasioned his fall and death.

Source: 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 84

	Whitehouse, J., aged 14, Assistant banksman, Fell down the shaft
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