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Surname
LANGTON
Forename
Mathew
Day
07
Month
08
Year
1901
Age
27
Occupation
Hooker On
Mine/Quarry Name
Astley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dukinfield Collieries Ltd
Location
Dukinfield
County
Cheshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. The empty gang was signalled down into the shunt and some little dirt having fallen on the road caused a jerk to the first tub which became uncoupled and ran down the brow turning into the landing at the points but got off the rails at the turn and struck the deceased a she was attempting to get clear and crushed him against one of the full tubs fatally injuring him.