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Surname
ASTLEY
Forename
Robert
Day
24
Month
09
Year
1910
Age
32
Occupation
Brakesman
Mine/Quarry Name
Haydock
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Riding on front of three empty waggons being pushed by loco. When in motion they caught up the brake-van of another train in front, and Astley when attempting to get from the waggon on which he was riding, to the brake-van, fell and got run over.