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Thomas Heyes
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 25th Oct 1907 |
| Accident: | 25th Oct 1907 2.30 p.m., 9th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1892 |
| Colliery: | Scot Lane, No. 4 |
| Company: | William Woods and Sons |
| Occupation: | Pit brow lad |
| Notes: | Crushed between buffers of railway waggons, trying to get on buffer to ride in the waggon another boy trying to get on another waggon to ride put his foot on the break lever unpinned and set free the waggon which then moved forward crushing deceased between the buffers. The boys had finished work, orders had been given forbidding riding |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: On Railways, Sidings, or Tramways |
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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: 11 Where to find this report
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