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John Tumelty

Age:   62
Died:   24th Dec 1905
Accident:   22nd Dec 1905
Year Born:   abt. 1843
Colliery:   Whitehaven
Company:   Whitehaven Colliery Co.
Occupation:   Mason
Notes:  
Deceased was employed dressing stones for a new pit bank. He left his work and went about 10 yards away to make water on the nut coal road where several loaded wagons were standing, the last one lowered from the screen being about a yard behind the others, and he stood in this space, and while there another loaded wagon was lowered by gravity from the screen, the road inclining about 1 in 72, and bumped the last wagon forward and he was crushed between the buffers. There appeared to be some doubt as to whether the person who lowered the wagon was the proper person to do the work
Buried:   [not known]
Category:   On Surface :: On Railways, Sidings or Tramways

Related Newspaper Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
28 Dec 1905 The Accident To A Cleator Moor Mason, Fatal Termination (Whitehaven News)
04 Jan 1906 The Fatal Accident To A Cleator Moor Man., Sharp Exchanges Between The Deputy Coroner And Mine Manager (Whitehaven News)

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 60, Accident Number: 84 Where to find this report

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