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Surname
BRUCE
Forename
Philip
Day
11
Month
09
Year
1905
Age
16
Occupation
Lighter up
Mine/Quarry Name
Cramlington
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cramlington
County
Northumberland
Details of Event
The night shift locomotive foreman brought out of the shed three locomotives coupled together, all tender first and all with steam up. He rode on the first engine. The locomotives were to be placed on different lines of rails to be ready for the drivers. Deceased and another lad rode on the last engine. After going past the points leading to the different lines the foreman reversed his engine and shoved the other two back; deceased, who had jumped off and shifted the points, then proceeded to uncouple the engine he had ridden on from the middle one and was crushed between the buffers. There were coupling poles on the engines, one of which he should have used.