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Surname
HALEY
Forename
John
Day
01
Month
02
Year
1907
Age
26
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Howden Clough
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Howdenclough Collieries Ltd
Location
Morley
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He was pulling some full wagons on to a weigh by means of a winch and when doing so a train of empty wagons which was being pushed by a Great Northern Railway Company’s locomotive, joined the full wagons and caused the handle of the winch to fly round and injure him severely on the head and back. The guard of the G.N.R train said he warned the deceased to stand clear as he was compelled to push the full wagons back to allow him to get the empty wagons into a siding, the points of which they were standing and although he (Haley) made no reply he appeared to understand what was going to be done.