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Surname
KIRKPATRICK
Forename
John
Day
28
Month
03
Year
1903
Age
60
Occupation
Screenman
Mine/Quarry Name
Outfields
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Outfields Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Little Broughton
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Deceased and another person were moving an empty wagon at the screens. Deceased uncoupled the wagon from another empty wagon and it moved forward but he seems to have left the brake on the other wagon insufficiently pinned down as it moved forward gently and crushed him against the first wagon. The day was very windy and the rails were greasy and this no doubt contributed to the accident.