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Details of Event: Died September 1 Deceased and another shifter were instructed by the master shifter to follow the empty set inbye with an iron plate, 3 feet by 4 feet, on a tub, and as they left they borrowed a drag from the run-rider. After going so far the tub got off the rails; after putting it back one of them found he had lost his bait; he put the drag in the tub wheels and told deceased to go on with it while he went back to find his bait; when he returned he found the full set had met deceased, the first tubs were off the way; about ten tubs from the front of the set was the empty tub by the side of the road, nine tubs further in was the flat sheet, and six tubs further in deceased was found badly injured. An offtake lad at a junction further in had been specially told by the master shifter that the two shifters were coming in with a tub and sheet and that he had not to allow the set to go outbye until they were safely past, and the run-rifler was also told. The offtake lad admitted he had neglected the instructions he bad received and had allowed the set to go outbye. The Local Inspectors reported, after saying that the road was in good order, ‘As to how he happened by his accident, we can't form any opinion.’ The manager said he would arrange in future, as far as possible, to have materials taken inbye after the plane had stopped.