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Details of Event: The engineman of an underground haulage engine working on the main tail rope system took the set of 80 empty tubs which had been detained by signal outside the landing, or as termed rapped back until the landing was sufficiently cleared of empty tubs too far and caused it to collide with four empty tubs left from the previous set driving them forward upon the deceased, who was coming into the landing sitting on the limbers of a pony which was drawing two full tubs. The tail rope passes under the rail the inbye end of the landing to the turn sheave and one of these rails was torn up and a prop displaced before the set came to a standstill. While the set is coming into the landing a there depresses the lever of a rapper and releases it when the set has come far enough and this causes a hammer to fall at a point nearer the shaft from where another lad signals by another wire to the engineman. The engineman has in addition marks on his rope to guide him but there was no indicator on the engine to show the position of the set. The signals were given in the usual way but the engineman although he elected not to give evidence at the inquest stated to me he received signal to stop. The Jury advised that a reliable indicator be attached to engine and effect has been given to this recommendation. The Local Inspectors in their report simply recited some of the facts as they observed them.