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Samuel Leach
| Age: | 53 |
| Died: | 27th Sep 1878 |
| Accident: | 27th Sep 1878 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1825 |
| Colliery: | Reeve's Wood |
| Company: | J. Dutson |
| Occupation: | Overman |
| Notes: | Engaged cleansing an old scaffold in shaft 12 yards deep, when the "byatts" gave way, and precipitating him down shaft into several fathoms of water |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 38. The overman of the Reed's Wood Colliery, having commenced to cleanse the scaffold of an old and long disused pit-shaft, stood without any support or protection whatsoever removing the dirt until he had reached the scaffold itself, which, from the decay of the timber, fell, precipitating him down the shaft into several yards of water where he was drowned. If the deceased had taken the precaution to sling himself to the side of the shaft, or had sat in the bowk and examined the scaffold, he would have discovered its decayed condition and thus saved his life.
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- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), South Staffordshire District by James P. Baker, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 162 Where to find this report
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), South Staffordshire District by James P. Baker, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 172, Accident Number: 38 Where to find this report
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