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	Individual Details		Individual Details

Age:	29
Died:	9th Feb 1895
Accident:	9th Feb 1895 5:30 PM, 12th hour of shift
Year Born:	abt. 1866
Colliery:	Shildon Lodge
Company:	Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Notes:	engaged in thawing steam pipes in crab engine house, when the range fell and crushed him to death
Buried:	[not known]
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Number 6 on the list occurred at Shildon Lodge Colliery, on the 9th February, at about 5:30 p.m., causing the death of John Ramsden, a blacksmith.

This accident occurred during a very severe frost, and in consequence the steam pipes from the boilers to the crab engine had become blocked with ice, and deceased, along with some other men, was engaged taking the ice out ; for this purpose they loosened two joints, one of them close to the throttle valve, and another close to the wall of the engine-house. The pipes this detached were supported at one end by a batten, cut out at the top to fit them, in the middle, where there was a bend, by an iron upright, which was permanent, and the other end was resting on the crank shaft of the engine. Either the supports or pipes had been moved, causing the latter to fall, and they caught deceased, killing him instantly.

Care should have been taken to have had these pipes more securely supported, so as to have avoided the chance of their becoming top-heavy and falling ; this was not done, and this unfortunate accident was the result.

• 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 15 Where to find this report
• 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 6 Where to find this report

Email	Researcher	Date	Interest
	Michael Walker	16 Oct 2022	Ramsden family, my maternal family

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