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W. Burgess
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 10th Oct 1889 |
| Accident: | 10th Oct 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1873 |
| Colliery: | Manvers Main |
| Company: | Manvers Main Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Hanger on |
| Notes: | Crushed by cage |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A fatal accident took place at Manvers Main Colliery, near Rotherham, on the 10th October, to a youth named Burgess, who was employed to remove the empty corves from the bottom of the shaft as they were taken out of the cage by the hanger-on. The day's work was over, and the men were in the act of leaving the pit. The cage, containing six men, was just being raised from the bottom, when Burgess attempted to get on, but before he could completely do so one of his legs was caught between the shoe at the end of the conductor and the "slipper" at the end of the cage, the poor lad receiving such injuries as to cause his death. He entered the cage from the back side of the shaft, which is not allowed, and the hanger-on could not see him do so. Before signalling he (the hanger-on) asked the men in the cage if they were all right, and received an affirmative reply; it was after this when Burgess attempted to get on.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 19 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 30, Accident Number: 80 Where to find this report
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