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Michael Ferguson
| Age: | 54 |
| Died: | 19th Mar 1924 |
| Accident: | 19th Mar 1924 12.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1870 |
| Colliery: | Whitehaven, William Pit |
| Company: | Whitehaven Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Haulage Hand |
| Notes: | While deceased was uncoupling a set of 15 tubs from a large set of empties at a junction, he was caught and killed by a set of eight full tubs, which ran amain from a siding 200 yards inbye. The runaway was caused by someone signalling to the engineman to start the haulage before the rope had been properly attached |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Haulage :: Run over or crushed by trams or tubs |
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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: 69, Accident Number: 122
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