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Thomas Reed
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| Died: | 18th Jan 1854 |
| Accident: | 18th Jan 1854 |
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| Colliery: | Hunsworth |
| Company: | Bowling Iron Co. |
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| Notes: | Breaking of a pit rope |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Accident No. 53 in the List.
Breaking of a pit rope at Hunsworth Colliery, near Bradford.
The deceased was being drawn up the shaft. There was not a banksman in attendance ; there was not a signal-bell or indicator in the engine-house to inform the engineer when the load was approaching the surface ; it was too dark for him to see the "mark" on the rope ; and he relied on counting the strokes of the engine, but unfortunately made a mistake, drew the corf against the pulleys, which broke the rope, and threw the collier down the pit.
If the manager had placed an indicator in the engine-house (as he ought to have done) this poor fellow's life would in all probability have been spared.
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- 1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 68
- 1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 77, Accident Number: 53
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