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Surname
MATHER
Forename
Walter
Day
15
Month
06
Year
1903
Age
17
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Old Boston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He was bringing eight full tubs with the pony along a roadway and appears to have had only one scotch in the tub where they generally use three. He was found under the second full tub the first three tubs being found upset at the bottom of a run dipping about 1.5 inches per yard.