Full Details

Surname

YATES

Forename

Samuel

Day

13

Month

06

Year

1907

Age

17

Occupation

Coal Cutter

Mine/Quarry Name

Rainford

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Bromilow, Foster & Co. Ltd

Location

Rainford

County

Lancashire

Details of Event

A haulage engine attendant failed to stop the journey in time after receiving a signal, and it ran against two full tubs knocking out a wooden sprag set against them. The tubs running down fatally crushed deceased. It was advised to have a more experienced engineman than a lad of thirteen years of age.