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Charles Hurst
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 26th Nov 1907 |
| Accident: | 26th Nov 1907 8.32 a.m., 2nd hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1893 |
| Colliery: | Heyfield |
| Company: | West Leigh Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Dirt picker on coal belt |
| Notes: | Crushed by cogwheels of engine driving picking and screening belts. Engine had been stopped quarter of an hour during breakfast, deceased took upon himself to start the engine, being single cylinder and on the centre it did not start when he opened the steam valve, leaving steam on, he got over the fence rail, and pulling at the fly wheel standing in a space of 23 inches between fly wheel and cog wheels, a piece of brattice round his shoulders to keep rain off caught in cog wheels when engine started, he was pulled to the cog wheels and killed. The engine was stopped by the regular attendant who was close at the heels of deceased and who stopped the engine after the accident |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: By Machinery |
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- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 39, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report
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