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J. Handley
| Age: | 28 |
| Died: | 23rd Feb 1858 |
| Accident: | 23rd Feb 1858 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1830 |
| Colliery: | Lodge |
| Company: | Davies and Sons |
| Occupation: | Loader |
| Notes: | Fall of over 50 tons of thick coal |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 22 records the death of four men (all loaders), by a very heavy fall of thick coal, in the Lodge Colliery at West Bromwich. In my opinion this pit had not been worked in that skilful manner that is necessary to ensure the maximum amount of safety to the miners. Indeed several accidents had occurred in it previous to this last most terrible one of all.
The working of collieries by "charter" or contract has never been considered by me as advantageous, either to the masters or the workmen, and the coroner's depositions can testify that this was not the first time that I had occasion to remonstrate with the butties of the pit in question.
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- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Henry G. Longridge, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 78
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Henry G. Longridge, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 92, Accident Number: 22
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