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Surname
THOMPSON
Forename
Richard
Day
19
Month
06
Year
1912
Age
16
Occupation
Haulage Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton [or Wood]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
When attempting to attach an empty tub, which was off the rails, to a set of empty tubs on a brow dipping 1 in 12, he appeared to have been overcome by the tub before it was coupled, and fatally crushed against a "bar".