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Surname
MORELAND
Forename
Herbert
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
25
Occupation
Brakesman
Mine/Quarry Name
Engine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
J. Scowcroft & Co. Ltd
Location
Wigan
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
When in the act of coupling a train of moving wagons to a short train of standing wagons, he got between the buffers of the wagons in some unknown way, and was crushed in such a manner that he died almost immediately.