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Surname
PEPPER
Forename
Matthew
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1911
Age
15
Occupation
Pony Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Blackwell
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Berristow
County
Derbyshire
Details of Event
He was run over by six runaway tubs on an incline. The runaway was due to a coupling chain falling out and the breaking of the hook in the over chain. Deceased went too far up the road, having taken his pony past the stop block. He sustained a fractured thigh, and died of septic poisoning 10 days later.