John Shutt
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 21st Aug 1913 |
| Accident: | 13th Aug 1913 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1899 |
| Colliery: | Wingate Grange (Limestone) |
| Company: | Wingate Limestone Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Flag Boy |
| Notes: | |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Inside the Quarries :: Miscellaneous :: On Railways, Sidings, or Tramways |
It was the duty of this boy to guard a road over the quarry, and also to keep an account of the wagons filled close at hand; deceased was seen at 4.10 p.m. on the railway in the quarry bottom; he was then near a disused staging by means of which stone had once been delivered, from a drift above, down a spout into wagons; the siding near the spout is still used ; where a wagon had been left with the brake down; a quarryman heard cries for help, and on going to the place found deceased lying between the rails of the siding tight under the gantry. It is supposed that he had got upon the wagon and released the brake, and whilst trying to get off the wagon he was crushed between it and a post, there being only a space of 5 inches between them; he died on 21st August
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439)
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 69, Accident Number: 1 Where to find this report
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