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W. Jarratt
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| Died: | 17th Dec 1868 |
| Accident: | 17th Dec 1868 |
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| Colliery: | Ettingshall |
| Company: | H. B. Whitehouse |
| Occupation: | Gin driver |
| Notes: | Fell into pit shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Eighty-eight in the list, and the last requiring any special notice, occurred at the Ettingshall Colliery, belonging to H. B. Whitehouse, Esq.
The pit in question was at that time in the possession of and worked by a chartermaster named, Jackson, who, it appeared, on the morning of the accident did not as usual reach the pit in time to arrange with and see the workmen descend. The deputy, however, took the workmen down the pit and commenced operations, leaving two "boys" under 15 years of age in charge on the pit bank, contrary to the provisions of the statute.
During the morning of the day on which the accident occurred, as these "boys" were engaged at the mouth of the pit-shaft, the gin-driver, and the younger of the two, fell down the shaft and was killed ; the sad result of leaving children in charge of such important and dangerous work.
In obedience to your commands the charter-master, Jackson, has since been summoned before Isaac Spooner, Esq., and fined the minimum penalty of £20 and costs.
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- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Staffordshire and Worcestershire District by James P. Baker, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 109, Accident Number: 88
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Staffordshire and Worcestershire District by James P. Baker, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 97
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