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- Surname
- YATES
- Forename
- Samuel
- Day
- 13
- Month
- 06
- Year
- 1907
- Age
- 17
- Occupation
- Coal Cutter
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Rainford
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Bromilow, Foster & Co. Ltd
- Location
- Rainford
- County
- Lancashire
- Details of Event
- A haulage engine attendant failed to stop the journey in time after receiving a signal, and it ran against two full tubs knocking out a wooden sprag set against them. The tubs running down fatally crushed deceased. It was advised to have a more experienced engineman than a lad of thirteen years of age.
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