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Surname
HAND
Forename
Tom
Day
28
Month
11
Year
1902
Age
56
Occupation
Hitcher
Mine/Quarry Name
Radstock
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Waldegrave
Location
Radstock
County
Somersetshire
Details of Event
While he was lifting a derailed tram into the cage the engineman started under the impression that the signal had been given he was drawn up the shaft some distance and badly crushed falling back into the sump. It is a very busy shaft and the engineman is expected to lose no unnecessary time he receives signals from various landings but did not try to exonerate himself in any way beyond stating that he thought the signal had been given to start.