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John Shevils
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 23rd Sep 1898 |
| Accident: | 23rd Sep 1898 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1883 |
| Colliery: | West Stanley |
| Company: | Owners of West Stanley Colliery |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | deceased was driving two full tubs outbye when the pony, by some means, was startled and rushed away, and he fell off the limbers and the tubs passed over him, causing such severe injuries that he died within three hours of the accident occurring |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 440 on the list occurred at West Stanley Colliery, belonging to the owners of West Stanley Colliery, on September 23rd, causing the death driver.
A top "canch" had been taken in near the siding from which this boy was driving, and the men working at it had left some loose props lying by the side of the way, and by some means one of these got displaced and rolled into the middle of the way, and as the pony was coming out of the siding this startled it and it rushed away. The boy had not a cotterill in and was sitting on the limbers, and they came loose, and he fell in front of the tubs, two of which ran over him, causing such injuries that he died about three hours afterwards.
There should have been one sprag in the wheels of the tubs, but none were found to be in after the accident occurred.
The pony bore a good character, and this boy had driven him for some time.
The jury, at the inquest, returned verdict and added the three following recommendations which the manager promised he would see were carried out
(1.) That the rolleyway man should, in future, see that every driver had a cotterill each morning;
(2.) That he should also see that drivers use sprags where they are necessary ; and
(3.) That props should not be laid by the side of the way, so close as they were in this case, in future.
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- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 28 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: 43, Accident Number: 440 Where to find this report
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