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Date:	30th June 1924
Colliery:	Lambton
Company:	Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
Category:	On Surface :: Railways, Sidings or Tramways

A screener was killed at Burnmoor Colliery, Durham. Whilst deceased was on his way from the time cabin to the bait cabin on the opposite side of the colliery sidings, he was held up for a few minutes at a private level crossing by a train of 27 full wagons, to which two locomotives were attached. The drivers were waiting for a signal to move off. Another workman, who had been waiting near deceased, crawled underneath a wagon and got through safely. Deceased was following, but, before he got through, the train moved off and ran over one leg, almost amputating his foot. He died later the same day. Deceased should not have attempted to cross the rails by passing under the wagon, and by doing so he contravened the special regulations for sidings.

Source:

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: 29

	Forster, John George, aged 64, Screener, crushed by trucks
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