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William Butler
| Age: | 64 |
| Died: | 4th Oct 1889 |
| Accident: | 29th Sep 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1825 |
| Colliery: | Cole's Farm |
| Company: | Cole's Farm Colliery Co. |
| Occupation: | Horse keeper |
| Notes: | Tried to step upon cage at the pit's mouth when it was in motion, and was crushed. He died on October 4th |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Shafts.
One death resulted from injury received at the top of one of the shafts of the Cole's Farm Colliery. On a Sunday evening the winding engine was engaged drawing water in one shaft, and the cage in the other shaft was allowed to travel up or down, until stopped by signal. The horsekeeper wished to descend, and as the cage rose out of the mouth of the shaft he, without waiting for the banksman to have it placed upon the legs or "keps," stepped upon it. It was then descending, and as he was not nimble enough to get into it, his leg was crushed between the cage and the square shaft-frame. He died in a few days. Another life lost through extreme carelessness.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beatie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 13 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beatie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 20, Accident Number: 26 Where to find this report
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