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John Harle
| Age: | 18 |
| Died: | 17th Jun 1881 |
| Accident: | 17th Jun 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1863 |
| Colliery: | Boldon |
| Company: | Harton Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | fell from cage down shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Deceased was ascending the shaft from the bottom seam. At an upper seam a boiler was being unplugged, the discharge pipe being pointed down the shaft. There is no doubt when deceased reached the neighbourhood of the discharge pipe, feeling the heat from the steam and hot water, and hearing the noises of the discharge, he had moved his position in the cage and so fallen out. The pit was not in ordinary work, and it was a proper occasion to unplug the boiler, but there appeared to be an absence of arrangement between those in charge of the boiler unplugging, and those in charge of workmen who might have occasion to ascend or descend the shaft. It should have been so arrange that no one by any possibility could be in the shaft whilst the boiler was being unplugged.
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- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 394, Accident Number: 38 Where to find this report
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