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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Fred
Day
15
Month
07
Year
1904
Age
28
Occupation
Shunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Mitchell Main
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mitchell Main Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Darfield
County
Yorkshire WR
Details of Event
It was his duty to feed the screens with empty waggons and three were standing in a siding which has a gradient of about 0.25 inch per yard towards the screens; one was about l8 inches in front of the other two and he foolishly went between the buffers to push the waggon to the screens. While in that position two other waggons brought down by a horse ran into the two standing waggons and deceased was crushed fatally. The driver of the horse could not see him and went away without knowing that an accident had happened. There was no need for him to go between the buffers at all as the waggon could be moved with a stick he had with him and proper pinch bars are provided.