Matthew Wilson
The sinking of this shaft has only recently been completed. Deceased acted as shaftsman and joiner, and was a specially skilled man at shaft work. On the day of the accident he was engaged in the pumping compartment of the shaft taking out some disused water boxes. For this purpose he and another man were at work on a "cradle," i.e., a rectangular platform suspended by four chains from the crab rope. The cradle was 5 feet long by 2½ feet broad, and the pumping division of the shaft is 7 feet 9 inches by 7 feet 10½ inches. During the course of their operations deceased's mate reached forward to pull an electric cable out of the way; this caused the cradle to give a lurch and deceased seemed to lose his balance and he fell off the cradle and down the pit, a distance of 43 feet. His body was soon recovered, but he was found to be quite dead, his neck being dislocated. It has now been arranged that when men are working on a cradle they shall be attached by means of a belt and chain to the crab rope.
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| 20 Dec 1906 | Joiner's Fall Down A Pit Shaft, Fatal Accident At Beckermet (Whitehaven News) |
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 53, Accident Number: 6 Where to find this report
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Simone Rush
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17 Jan 2021 |
Family trees. Matthew is 3x great grandfather
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