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J. Martin
| Age: | 28 |
| Died: | 11th Nov 1857 |
| Accident: | 11th Nov 1857 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1829 |
| Colliery: | James Bridge |
| Company: | Bagnall and Son |
| Occupation: | Banksman |
| Notes: | The pit was worked with a 3/8 of an inch single link chain, and as deceased was pulling in the corfe at surface the chain broke, and he was precipated to the bottom |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 102 is the death of another banksman, who fell down the pit through the sudden fracture of that most objectionable and dangerous of all "bands," — a single-link chain. Last year I had occasion to make melancholy mention of this class of colliery material, and I feel bound to repeat my opinion, that the employment of such chains evinces a shocking indifference to human life and suffering. I regret to say that many of them are still used in the district.
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- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 64
- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 86, Accident Number: 102
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