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Surname
MATHER
Forename
John Robert
Day
10
Month
05
Year
1913
Age
18
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Bold
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Collins Green Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Earlstown
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
He was supposed to be travelling up an endless rope haulage brow rising 1 in 7, and said that in trying to get in front if two full tubs he was caught by two descending ones. A drawer who was following him pulled him off the top of two full tubs where he had been crushed against the roof.