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Thomas Hill
| Age: | 60 |
| Died: | 28th Jan 1898 |
| Accident: | 27th Jan 1898 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1838 |
| Colliery: | Ryhope |
| Company: | Ryhope Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Shifter |
| Notes: | when he was travelling on the engine plane, one of the hauling ropes, by some means, got off a sheave and hit him on the head, died the following day [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 29 Jan 1898 pg 4 col 2; inquest - 31 Jan 1898 pg 3 col 2] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 40 on the list occurred at Ryhope Colliery, belonging to the Ryhope Coal Co., Ltd., on January 27th, causing the death of a shifter on the following day.
Deceased and another man were travelling out-bye on the engine plane, in the middle of the way round a curve, when this accident occurred. The set is worked by main and tail haulage rope, the former being carried round sheaves placed at the bottom, on the inside of the curve, and the latter near the roof, on the outside of the curve.
At the time a set was being taken into a landing, and after it was landed it was dropped back on to some chocks by means of the tail rope. In this case, I think, the hauling engineman had put his brake on suddenly and caused the tail rope to jerk and fly off the binding sheaves and across into the middle of the way, and in doing so it caught deceased on the head and fractured his skull.
He was removed to the infirmary at Sunderland but never rallied and died the following day.
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- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27 Where to find this report
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 42, Accident Number: 40 Where to find this report
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