James Roddam
He put a tub of fire bricks into the cage to be lowered to the bottom of the shaft. Joseph Teasdale, the brakesman, lowered the cage at the same time another was ascending. When the ascending cage got to the surface, Roddam jumped on it to get up to the scaffold, which was twelve inches higher. He fell and was caught between the frame and the cage. The lower part of his body was severely crushed and he died one and a half hours later. An inquest into his death was held on 1 January 1853.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 07 Jan 1853 | Coroners' Inquests, Colliery Accident (Durham Advertiser) |
| 08 Jan 1853 | Colliery Accident (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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