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Alfred Ernest Hayden
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 3rd Jul 1896 |
| Accident: | 3rd Jul 1896 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1880 |
| Colliery: | Framwellgate |
| Company: | Framwellgate Coal and Coke Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Minding Incline Bottom |
| Notes: | the rope with the full set broke in the incline, the full tubs ran amain and joined the empty tubs and broke the other rope as well, and both sets then came down the incline, and caught this boy and killed him |
| Buried: | St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Durham |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents :: Haulage :: Inclined and engine planes |
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No. 304 on the list occurred at Framwellgate Colliery, belonging to the Framwellgate Coal and Coke Co., Limited, on July 3rd. causing the death of a boy who was minding a landing at the bottom of a self-acting incline.
Deceased was sitting at the bottom of incline, by the side of the road, when the sets were running in the bank. The socket of the rope attached to the full set gave way and allowed the full tubs to run down the incline, and in doing so they caught the empty set which was going up, and the impact broke the rope about six inches from the socket, and both sets then ran down and caught and killed this boy.
The incline is not a very long one, only 50 yards, but the gradient is very heavy, being 12 inches to the yard.
It is very necessary in inclines like this that when sets are running everyone should be in refuge holes, and I understand special instructions had been given at this colliery, that no one was to be on the bank when the sets were in motion, and this boy was warned on the day of the accident to be careful and get into a refuge hole under such circumstances. By neglecting this warning he lost his life.
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Durham — St. Cuthbert's Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ267431
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Alfred Ernest HAYDEN | 3rd Jul 1896 | 16 | 1880 |
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- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 25, Accident Number: 304 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05935-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Durham
- Tombstone photograph (T-05945-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
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