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 March 18, 1861, George Taylor, an employee of George Johnson's coal business, was loading a cart with coal when he saw a truck approaching the siding. He jumped off the truck to avoid being run over by it and applied the brakes.