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Surname
TAYLOR
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
05
Year
1903
Age
17
Occupation
Platelayer
Mine/Quarry Name
Shelton, Rowhurst
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hanley
County
Staffordshire
Details of Event
Run over by trucks being lowered by gravity from the pit where the line is on a curve and passes under a bridge carrying the North Stafford Railway. Deceased and others were working at the place and could not see the trucks approaching but there was a semaphore signal near them which was raised before the trucks were started. They failed to notice this and the trucks caught two of them. The place is a very dangerous one and a better method of signalling danger when trucks are coming has been adopted.