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Surname
MORTON
Forename
Robert
Day
31
Month
07
Year
1908
Age
14
Occupation
Wagon Labeller
Mine/Quarry Name
Spindlepoint
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Clifton & Kersley Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kearsley
County
Lancashire
Details of Event
Crushed between the buffers of a wagon being weighed and four wagons standing 1.5 yds. away. The wagon on the machine was bumped forward by five other wagons lowered by two shunters just as deceased was passing between the buffers.