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*In May 1861 an engine cleaner named Samuel Pugh was working in a pit underneath a locomotive at Bridgnorth.<ref group="note">The railway did not open until 1862, therefore this was presumably a Contractors' locomotive.</ref> The driver who was also in the pit asked the fireman to move the locomotive. He initially failed to do so but as Pugh attempted to climb out of the pit between the wheels, the locomotive moved, "almost literally cutting the poor fellow in two". He was taken to the Infirmary where both his legs were amputated.<ref>Western Daily Press, 14 May 1861, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
*On 19 November 1863, James Priddy of Worcester, the guard of a goods train from London, was crushed between two trains while shunting at Kidderminster.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18631121/018/0005 Hereford Journal - Saturday 21 November 1863 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 22 January 1866, Isiah Band, a labourer employed with another man to empty a coal wagon at Bewdley Station was crushed between two wagons and died at home the following day.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18660127/140/0008 Worcester Journal on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
