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Surname
HORAN
Forename
John Edward
Day
17
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
14
Occupation
Horse Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverdale [Kents Lane]
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Silverdale Co. Ltd
Location
Silverdale
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
His duty was to drive along a level between to jigs in the Little Row seam but had no occasion to cross the bottom of the jigs in the course of his work. It was the duty of the taker off at the outbye jig to push the tubs required by the deceased across the jig bottom At the time of the accident the taker-off at the jig in question had attached an empty tub to the jig rope and given the signal to the jigger and had gone back a few yards into his shunt to fetch another tub when a full tub was turned into the jig at the top landing, without having been attached to the rope, and keeping to the rails crashed into the empty tub standing at the bottom Deceased was found lying on the plates, having evidently been struck by flying lumps of coal which were found near him, and had received injuries from which he died about three hours later. The Jury returned a verdict of accidental death due to injuries caused by a runaway tub which, inadvertently, had not been attached to the rope.