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Albert Barnes
| Age: | 19 |
| Died: | 30th Jan 1924 |
| Accident: | 30th Jan 1924 8.50 a.m., 4th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1905 |
| Colliery: | Seaton Delaval, C.D.E.F. |
| Company: | Seaton Delaval Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Washery-man |
| Notes: | Whilst deceased was lowering a loaded wagon towards the washery he failed to control it and it continued down the siding until it collided with a train of wagons being moved on an adjoining and converging line of rails. Deceased, in his attempt to stop the wagon, kept hold of the brake lever until the collision, and he was fatally crushed between the side of the runaway wagon and the side of a wagon on the moving train. The brakes of the runaway wagon were found to be in good order. The failure to control wagon was probably due to too great an initial speed and to the greasy state of the rails due to the foggy weather |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: Railways, Sidings or Tramways |
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- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 75, Accident Number: 176
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