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Date:	18th October 1902
Colliery:	Waterhouses
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1

No. 364 on the list occurred at Waterhouses Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Pease and Partners, Ltd., on October 18th, and caused the death of a shifter and serious personal injury to another man.

These two men, whilst riding outbye on a timber tram on the engine plane, without permission, were caught by the empty set going inbye.

The set had only gone about seventy yards from where it started before colliding with tram on which they were riding. The gradient at that part of the plane is a slight dip outbye, and there is no doubt these men had been riding at a great speed down this, and had not noticed the ropes of the engine set start, or, if they had, had been unable to stop the tram or get off it no save themselves.

This is another case which should not have happened. There appears to be some doubt as to whether the tram should have been brought out at all ; the management say it should not, whereas the injured man said it was bound to be, to take timber in for some special working they were to do next morning.

In case they should not have been riding when the set was running towards any them.

Source:

1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)

	Trotter, William, aged 54, Shifter, he and another shifter, were riding out-bye on an engine plane on a tram without permission; they met the empty set going in, which caught and killed the deceased, and severely injured the other man
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