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John Collicott
| Age: | 48 |
| Died: | 7th May 1897 |
| Accident: | 7th May 1897 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1849 |
| Colliery: | Wingate Grange |
| Company: | Owners of Wingate Grange Colliery |
| Occupation: | Shifter |
| Notes: | He and another man were sent to get a place ready and he, to remove a side stone, took a pick and commenced to take the coal out under it when it fell over and killed him |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 242 on the list occurred at Wingate Grange Colliery, belonging to the owners of the Wingate Grange Colliery, on May 7th, causing the death of a shifter.
Deceased and another man were sent to prepare a place for the hewers to work in the following day. When they got there they found there was a piece of stone hanging over from the side, next to the loose end, which required to be taken down. They examined it both by looking at and sounding it, and found it was all right at one end but given at the other. There was a thin piece of coal underneath and deceased took a pick to take this out, but the man who was with him asked him not to touch the coal at all, but to get the pinch or long bar to lever the stone down, standing clear of it at the same time, but before he could do anything more the deceased man struck the coal twice, when the stone fell and caught him.
The man who was working with him said at the inquest "He (the deceased) made a mistake, and the stone could have been got down quite safely with a pinch. We had everything we wanted for our work, and I should not have dome as he did. The pinch is 4 feet 6 inches long, and if he had been using it he would have been quite clear of the stone when it fell."
This is another case which shows how much depends upon each man to keep himself safe.
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- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 11 Where to find this report
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 38, Accident Number: 207 Where to find this report
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| christine Collacott | 04 May 2012 |
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