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Surname
BAILEY
Forename
Charles William
Day
09
Month
10
Year
1908
Age
15
Occupation
Wagon trimmer
Mine/Quarry Name
Monk Bretton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Monk Bretton Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Monk Bretton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
Three empty wagons and one full one were standing on siding which is level at that point. Another full wagon was lowered gently from under the screens and bumped the standing wagons forward a few yards. A few minutes afterwards Bailey was found on the ground very seriously injured. It was thought at first that he had been on the top of the standing full wagons and that the bump had thrown him off, but the injuries disclosed by a post-mortem examination, viz.: - serious laceration of the liver and one lung, pointed to the conclusion that he was crushed between the buffers of the standing wagons. The usual signal that wagons were about to be lowered was given before the full wagon was lowered from under the screens.