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Surname
STEVENSON
Forename
David
Day
30
Month
06
Year
1904
Age
45
Occupation
Trimmer
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weymss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Coaltown of Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased and three other workmen moved a loaded waggon from a screen the latter pushed and the former walked alongside pulling. When the moving waggon reached another on the same line of rails it collided with the latter began to move forward and in turn collided with the last waggon of a train which had spring buffers the result being that it rebounded and moved back to meet the approaching waggon and when near each other deceased stepped in between to couple them and was crushed between the buffers.