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Surname
ACKERS
Forename
Noel
Day
08
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
33
Occupation
Timberman
Mine/Quarry Name
Norchard
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Park Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
New Mills
County
Gloucestershire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged with two others in cleansing a brow, gradient 1 in 12. The material was loaded in trams and lowered on to the main haulage road. The brow formed a connection between the intake and the return, and was fitted with two brattice sheets and a door. The custom was for one man to go down the brow to attend to the sheets and door, and another to lower the tram. At the time when the accident occurred, deceased was sent down to attend to the sheets. He was seen to arrange the first sheet and proceed to the second. One of the other men stated that he placed an iron sprag 2 feet long in the wheels, and then pushed the tram away. When it had travelled a few yards, he saw the sprag fall out and shouted to deceased, who, however, was overtaken by the tram and pinned against the door. His pelvis was fractured and urethra ruptured. He succumbed to his injuries in the Infirmary two days later.