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Joseph Hepplewhite
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| Died: | 18th Mar 1856 |
| Accident: | 18th Mar 1856 |
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| Colliery: | Eppleton, Jane Pit |
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| Notes: | he was taking timber out of the shaft and sending it to bank. A portion slipped out of the sling as it was being drawn up, fell down the shaft and knocked him off the cradle he was working on. He fell 70 fathoms to his death |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The death caused in the Eppleton pit shaft, on the 18th March, arose from a piece of timber becoming disengaged from the pit rope, to which it was attached by slings, and falling down the shaft, thus knocking deceased off a cradle hanging in the shaft, on which he was engaged in repairing some brattice, causing him to fall to the bottom of the pit, about 90 fathoms below the cradle.
I have entered the more fully into the details of the shaft accidents above alluded to, because I incline to the opinion that a considerable diminution of the number of such accidents may be effected by the adoption of the proper precautions, which I beg to point out, at least as they appear to me.
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- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Vicky Soster | 30 Apr 2015 |
Joseph Hepplewhite was my great great grandfather. I live in Ohio and my grandfather was a coal miner in the southern part of the state. His mother came from Ohio and her father was Joseph Hepplewhite's son Joseph. Any information would be greatly appreciated. |
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