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Surname
LITTLE
Forename
William
Day
Month
Year
1905
Age
65
Occupation
Wagon Picker
Mine/Quarry Name
Pallaflat
Mineral Worked
Iron Ore
Owner
Pallaflat Iron Ore Co. Ltd
Location
Egremont
County
Cumberland
Details of Event
Died July 15. A mixed train of nine wagons was in the empty road which inclines towards the pit at 1 in 67. Deceased detached two and left 7 standing with two brakes down but did not place a chock, provided for the purpose, in front of them. He lowered by gravity the two wagons to the weighing table and went between them to uncouple so that they could be weighed separately; in the meantime the seven wagons he had left behind moved away and collided with the second two wagons he had brought down and he was knocked down and three wagons passed over his leg. Coupling poles were not ordinarily as it was stated there was a difficulty in using them with a mixed train and the space was confined. It was also stated that deceased should have brought the wagons down singly. He was taken to the Whitehaven Infirmary and was informed by the doctors that to save his life it would be necessary to amputate the leg below the knee but he refused to allow this to be done.