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Surname
ASHURST
Forename
Henry
Day
15
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
58
Occupation
Daywageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Edge Green
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Ashton-in-Makerfield
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
The deceased and his mate were bringing tubs of dirt along a road on which the gradient at one point had all average fall of 1 in 18 for about 20 yards. They had been in the habit of bringing the tubs out in turns to a certain point, the other man going out before and waiting at the point, and a scotch was then put in and both men would go to the rear of the tub. On the present occasion the deceased went out first to wait, but apparently went too far, and his mate went past the usual stopping point with the result that the tub got amain and met deceased as he was returning, and he was crushed against the side.