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Surname
CHORLEY
Forename
John
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
38
Occupation
Brakesman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton [or Wood]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Richard Evans & Co. Ltd
Location
Haydock
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. He had got down from the locomotive, and was passing in front of a train of waggons, in order to put brakes down, when he appears to have caught his foot against the rail, and fell, and his arm was run over. He expired on January 18th 1906, after having his arm amputated.