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Stephen Welsh
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 20th Sep 1881 |
| Accident: | 20th Sep 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1867 |
| Colliery: | Wearmouth |
| Company: | Wearmouth Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | run over by tubs on engine plane |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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This occurred on an engine plane along which trams or sets of laden tubs are drawn to the shaft by an engine situated there. The sets are drawn along at a great speed. As the set was being moved away from the station the two lads had got on to the tight chain in front to ride "out bye," one boy holding on by the tub, and the other holding on by the first lad. A more dangerous position could not well be conceived. Some men were going out-bye, as the set was passing them, observed the alarming position of the lads, and called to the run-rider, who rides on a chair attached to the last tub, to signal for the set to be stopped. He did so, and no doubt the slackening of the chain on the engine slowing caused the lads to fall off and a portion of the set to pass over them, killing them instantly. It is just possible that had not the signal been given to stop the lads might have got safely to the far end, but I felt it impossible to blame the men for the step they took.
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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: 395, Accident Number: 49 Where to find this report
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