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Robert Wilson
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| Died: | 15th Mar 1859 |
| Accident: | 15th Mar 1859 |
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| Colliery: | South Preston New Pit |
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| Occupation: | Foreman |
| Notes: | of Messrs. Heppell and Landells (Engine Builders), crushed by a falling tub at the bottom of the shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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March 15. — two lives lost by falling down the shaft at Preston Colliery, near North Shields.
The pit is fitted up with a single rope, so that when that rope is down the shaft it is quite open at the top.
The banksman, returning to the shaft with the empty tub, and anticipating the cage to be there, unconsciously shoved the tub into the open shaft, which also carried him with it to the bottom, where two men were in the cage ready to come up ; one of them, hearing the noise in the shaft adroitly escaped from the cage, but the other, together with the banksman, was killed. The man was reported very steady, and the mistake was accounted for by his stooping posture whilst shoving the empty tub towards the pit.
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 26 Mar 1859 | The Preston Pit Accident (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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- 1859 Mines Inspectors Report
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
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