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Edward Douglas
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 7th Dec 1876 |
| Accident: | 7th Dec 1876 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1862 |
| Colliery: | West Sleekburn |
| Company: | Bedlington Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Coal Leader |
| Notes: | crushed by fly wheel of donkey engine (listed as Edward Johnson but thought to be the Edward mentioned on the tombstone) |
| Buried: | St. Peter's Cemetery, West Sleekburn |
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By Machinery.
The accident under this head occurred at West Sleekburn Colliery. A small engine house, in which was an engine used for feeding the boilers and for driving the firing apparatus, was used by some of the workmen for taking their meals. The engine is about three feet above the level of the floor, and is mounted on an ordinary brick pillar of this height. Deceased was leaning with his shoulder against the pillar listening to the conversation going on, and by some means slipped backwards over, his head going between the spokes of the fly wheel, and he was instantly decapitated. It was stated that orders had been frequently given that no one was to go into this engine house except the fireman in charge. Neither of the firemen, however, had received such orders, although one of them had been there three years, but one of them said he had more than once told deceased he was not to go in. There was no fencing whatever round the engine or any part of it, and having received your permission to do so, I instituted proceedings against the agent of the colliery, Mr. J. G. Weekes, for violation of General Rule No. 24. The defence set up was that the wall built around the engine, and which was afterwards covered with a roof, was intended as the "fence" under this rule. The magistrates, whilst believing such was at the time the intention, were of opinion that it was not a sufficient fence, and convicted the defendant in a penalty of £5 and costs, with the option, if he was desirous of appealing, of being fined £10 or half the maximum penalty. He elected the former alternative.
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West Sleekburn — St. Peter's Cemetery
Location: OS Map 81, Grid Ref NZ282852
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Edward DOUGLAS | 7th Dec 1876 | 13 | 1863 |
| John DOUGLAS | 9th Sep 1927 | 81 | 1846 |
| Maria DOUGLAS | 3rd Feb 1914 | 70 | 1844 |
| Maria Jane DOUGLAS | 17th Oct 1895 | 18 | 1877 |
| Mark DOUGLAS | 28th Apr 1874 | 0 | 1874 |
| Roger DOUGLAS | 7th Dec 1900 | 18 | 1882 |
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- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 244 Where to find this report
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 250, Accident Number: 60 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05247-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Sleekburn
- Tombstone photograph (T-05267-08-0002) © Kev Duncan
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