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Age:	44
Died:	13th Feb 1891
Accident:	13th Feb 1891 12:00 PM, 6th hour of shift
Year Born:	abt. 1847
Colliery:	Greenside (Metalliferous)
Company:	Greenside Mining Co., Ltd.
Occupation:	Onsetter
Notes:	fell down shaft a distance of 40 yards while removing a scaffold
Buried:	[not known]
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There has been one fatal accident, which took place at the Greenside Mine in Westmoreland, and was caused by a workman falling from part way down a shaft while removing a scaffold. It occurred on the 13th of February, about 12 o'clock noon. The man was engaged at the 40-fathom level of a shaft which is 60 fathoms in depth. At this level there are two doors which when let down form a temporary bottom, but when the shaft is done drawing mineral these doors are lifted in order to allow the cages to go down below to get the water out that collects during the day ; this is don by means of a windlass. Deceased had got them up and was pushing one of them over against the side of the shaft when he slipped and fell down into the water 20 fathoms below, and when found was quite dead. Gates have since been put on and are shut so that when a man is pushing back these doors he must lean over them.

Columns: 1: No. of Accident ; 2: Date and Hour of the Accident ; 3: Hour of the Person's Shift, i.e. No of Hours he had been at work when the Accident happened to him ; 3: Name of the Mine or Colliery ; 4: Where situate ; 5: Name of the Owner or Company ; 6: Persons killed ; 7: Reputed Age ; 8: Occupation ; 9: Cause of Accident, and Remarks

• 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 14 Where to find this report
• 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 37, Accident Number: 1 Where to find this report

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