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Surname
BERRINGTON
Forename
David
Day
31
Month
12
Year
1902
Age
26
Occupation
Rope follower
Mine/Quarry Name
Vauxhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Vauxhall Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Ruabon
County
Denbighshire
Details of Event
Inspection made and inquest attended. When a journey of six full tubs were being hauled upbrow the first tub got off the rails, and the five tubs became uncoupled and ran back into the shunt where three empty tubs were standing. These empty tubs were sent with force further down the brow crushing the deceased who was attending to some other tubs. He succumbed to the injuries received Jan. 1st 1903.