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J. Berresford
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 3rd Sep 1860 |
| Accident: | 3rd Sep 1860 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1846 |
| Colliery: | Kilburn |
| Company: | J. Ray, Esq. |
| Occupation: | Pony driver |
| Notes: | Falling down shaft from half way, owing to the descending cage being forced out of the guides with a piece of timber which on of the deceased took with him |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 24 Accident.
The deceased and two others were descending the shaft in the morning (two ropes worked in the shaft), and when near the meeting something unusual was noticed ; the engine man was warned, and he immediately stopped his engine, but not before the ascending cage came into contact with the descending one.
One of the deceased took a prop or sprag 15 inches long with him, and it got jammed between the cage and shaft, and forced the cage out of the guides, and it was turned over on the side ; the ascending cage struck it and partially doubled up the upright bars ; two persons were saved by being held by the bent bars of the cage, but four were precipitated down the shaft. It is contrary to the rules to take a prop or other material down the shaft, but this was concealed under the clothes.
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- 1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 62
- 1860 Mines Inspectors Report, by John Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 64, Accident Number: 24
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