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Benjamin Todd
| Age: | 13 |
| Died: | 6th Oct 1902 |
| Accident: | 6th Oct 1902 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1889 |
| Colliery: | South Derwent |
| Company: | South Derwent Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Endless-rope boy |
| Notes: | deceased was employed to fork the rope into the jockeys on the tubs at a curve on an endless rope haulage road in the Hutton seam, about 14 yards from the Carmires shaft; 6 or 7 yards outbye from the curve, and the same distance from the shaft was a knock-off arrangement for disconnecting the rope from the jockeys on the full tubs ; deceased appears to have been riding on the rope and allowed his arm to be drawn in ; his arm was pulled out of the socket ; he was released in a few minutes, but died of shock ; the speed of the rope is from 1¼ to 1½ miles per hour |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 43, Accident Number: 69 Where to find this report
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| Charles gardener | 26 Jul 2016 |
Family purposes - Benjamin Todd |
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| Tom Davie | 25 Jul 2021 |
Hello Charles, I am doing some voluntary historical research for the Workers Education Association and trying to provide some profiles of young miners who died as part of an educational interactive route map ‘routes of social change from Beamish to Consett . I would like to include the story and images of Benjamin in this if I may.. Have you any information that you are willing to share with me please. Regards, Tom |
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