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Surname
PALLISTER
Forename
George Simpson
Day
26
Month
11
Year
1913
Age
22
Occupation
Putter
Mine/Quarry Name
Burradon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burradon & Coxlodge Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Burradon
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
Deceased was walking to his work on a private railway single of rails belonging to the Colliery Company, which was a recognised travelling road. A footpath rolls by the side of the rails, except where they cross the North-Eastern Railway Company main line of railway by means of a girder bridge A locomotive, drawing three empty wagons, was overtaking deceased as he approached the bridge, and a strong wind which was blowing in his face, would prevent him hearing the approaching train. The locomotive driver did not blow his whistle as he thought deceased was clear of the line. Deceased and the train behind him had just got to the parapet wall of the bridge where there is a space 1 foot 6 inches clear of the sleeper ends and 2 feet 9 inches clear if the locomotive buffer plates when an North-Eastern express passed nder the bridge causing a lot of steam to rise, and at that moment deceased was caught by the locomotive and rolled over, falling under the wagons, which ran over him. He had either not heard the approaching locomotive or had momentarily missed his way in the cloud of steam.