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James Townsend
| Age: | 40 |
| Died: | 3rd Dec 1891 |
| Accident: | 2nd Dec 1891 11:30 PM, 7th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1851 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon Grange |
| Company: | Walter Scott, Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Notes: | while some unruly crushing was going on at the pit bottom he was pushed under the cage |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 58 on the list occurred at Trimdon Grange Colliery, belonging to Mr. Walter Scott, on the 2nd of December, about 11.30 p.m., causing the death of James Townsend, a coal hewer.
This accident happened when the men were being sent to bank. About 40 were at the pit bottom, and when the cage came down the commenced to push, and deceased slipped on the flat sheets, and his leg got into the cage way, being so severely injured that he died on the day following.
This is a class of accident I am surprised does not happen more frequently. Disorderly conduct and crushing at the pit bottom is most dangerous, because a man near the shaft has no chance of saving himself from being carried under the cage. The onsetters should have control of the men, and they (the men) should also enter the cage as directed by them. I hope this accident will be a lesson, and that there will be less crushing and overcrowding in the future. In this case the onsetter does not seem to have any control over the men, and, on my making a complaint to the manager, he promised to appoint a more qualified man.
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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 |
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- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 11 Where to find this report
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 33, Accident Number: 58 Where to find this report
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