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Surname
OAKELY
Forename
John Fugil
Day
17
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
23
Occupation
Shunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Silverwood
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalton Main Collieries Ltd
Location
Thrybergh
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
At the time of the accident a locomotive was bringing nine wagons of washed coal out of a siding into which a road round a curve ran. In the latter road 13 wagons were standing, some of which had come from the washery, on a gradient of 1 in 48 towards the siding. The traffic manager, in order to allow five other wagons behind them, attempted to lower these wagons he lifted three brakes when the wagons began to move and gained speed he promptly tried to get the brakes down again but the wagons got out of control owing to the rails being wet, and although the locomotive engineman put on full steam to get clear, they collided with the last wagon of his load on which the deceased was riding and knocked it off the road and on to and fatally injured him. In future a pair of runaway switches will he put in to prevent an accident of this kind.