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Surname
FOX
Forename
Ernest
Day
03
Month
09
Year
1912
Age
51
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Stafford, Sutherland Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Stafford Coal & Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Fenton
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
The haulage contractor and an assistant were taking three timber waggons, coupled together, down the main dip in the Ash seam. The wheels of the middle waggon were lockered. After travelling about 100 yards the middle waggon left the rails and the leading one became uncoupled and ran amain down the dip. It struck the deceased and injured him so severely that he died on the 5th September. The contractor had been instructed by the under-manager to take the three waggons down by means of the haulage rope. He was prosecuted by the owners, convicted and fined for disobedience of orders.