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Surname
FARRAR
Forename
Charles
Day
31
Month
01
Year
1906
Age
23
Occupation
Shunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Glasshoughton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glass Houghton & Castleford Collieries Ltd
Location
Glass Houghton
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
In taking two full wagons down the sidings he found three full wagons fouled of his road. To save a little shunting he got a 5 foot prop and propped the wagons forward. In doing so it is likely that the prop slipped and then fell and he was crushed either between the wagon or the prop and wagons.