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James Bruce
| Age: | 59 |
| Died: | 9th Sep 1881 |
| Accident: | 9th Sep 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1822 |
| Colliery: | Brooms Drift |
| Company: | Consett Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Overman |
| Notes: | while riding on a set of tubs between drift mouth and screens, his head was caught by a bridge, which knocked him off the tub and the set ran over him |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 57 on the list occurred at Brooms Drift, belonging to the Consett Iron Company Limited, and where James Bruce, the overman, lost his life while riding on a set of tubs, which were being drawn from the drift mouth to the screens, about quarter of a mile, on the surface. He appears to have fallen between the first and second tubs, and been run over. The point where this occurred was where the tramway passes through a short tunnel underneath a public road. It was supposed he had come in contact with the roof of the tunnel at the entrance. The rules prohibit any one from riding on the tubs, and on this short line there was a printed notice posted up, warning any one from doing so, and deceased was one of the responsible parties for preventing any breach of these rules, instead of setting such a bad example.
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- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 477, Accident Number: 57 Where to find this report
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