On 18 March 1861 George Taylor, an employee of George Johnson coal merchant, was loading a cart with coal. Perceiving that the ass and cart were in danger of being run over by a truck which was being shunted from the main line into the siding, he leaped from the truck and applied the brake.
On 18 March 1861, George Taylor, an employee of George Johnson coal merchant, was loading a cart with coal. Perceiving that the horse and cart were in danger of being run over by a truck which was being shunted from the main line into the siding, he leaped from the truck and applied the brake.