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Surname
HOLLAND
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
53
Occupation
Quarrier
Mine/Quarry Name
Musbury Heights Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
Messrs Taylor & Heys
Location
Haslingden
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Whilst travelling about ten miles an hour, riding on the step of a small locomotive engine (3 feet gauge), in getting off be came in contact with an old waggon standing by the line side, 3 feet space, was knocked against the moving wagons, fell under the wheels, four of the six wagons passed over him before the engine could be stopped.