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Surname
McHUGH
Forename
Thomas
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
56
Occupation
Shunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Spindlepoint
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clifton & Kersley Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kearsley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Head cut off by waggons being pushed by locomotive engine Either he stumbled and fell with his neck on the rail, or he was about to go under to uncouple by hand; he was run over by the waggons. Using no lamp although dark, no pole, although one was on the engine with his lamp.