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Surname
HODGKINSON
Forename
William Henry
Day
13
Month
11
Year
1908
Age
15
Occupation
Pony driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Bedford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Speakman & Sons
Location
Atherton
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Crushed by tubs on haulage level, either attempting to get on to ride, where riding is prohibited, or running before moving tubs, stumbled and fell in front. No scotch in tubs, not in control. Another youth of 19 who should have attended to these tubs had left the mine.