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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.
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