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No. 14 on the list occurred at Auckland Park Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan & Co., Limited, on the 14 of July, about 6.50 a.m., causing the death of Edward Burke, an incline boy.

At the time of the accident he was braking a self-acting incline, in the Brockwell Seam, on which sets of six tubs each were being run, and by some unexplained means, the empty set got off the way at the points, and came up on the same line as the full one was going down on ; they met with a crash, and the shock broke the baulk against which the upright carrying the double-trod wheel was fastened, and it fell and struck deceased on the head, fracturing his skull.

After the accident, the points, crossings, and way were very carefully examined, but nothing could be found to account for the tubs getting on to the same rails on which the full set was coming down. It was a new way and had been laid by deceased's father not long before. When the sets met something would have to give way, and it appears the baulk, which broke, was the weakest part. It was 5 inches by 7 inches and made of Norway timber.

Mines Inspectors Report Entry

Sources

• 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 28, Accident Number: 14 Where to find this report
• 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 9 Where to find this report

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