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Surname
ILLINGSWORTH
Forename
George H.
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1906
Age
43
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Grimethorpe
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carlton Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Grimethorpe
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
He and another workman were being taken by their foreman across the sidings, where there are five sets of rails, and as they were passing across the first set, between some empty wagons, where there was 3 feet of space, a shunter brought seven other wagons down on the brakes and ran into those standing. The foreman had got through, the second man wee knocked down but not hurt, hot deceased was caught between the first set of buffers and instantly killed. The survivors stated that they looked and did not see any wagons approaching, and the shunter also said he did not see the men. The wagons were brought down on a slight curve, and it was raining heavily at the time.