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Richard Hope
| Age: | 29 |
| Died: | 25th Mar 1907 |
| Accident: | 25th Mar 1907 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1878 |
| Colliery: | Lumley, 3rd Pit |
| Company: | Lambton Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | he was struck by a stone which fell off the bogie at the top of the pit |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The first of the four fatal cases occurred on 25th March at the Lumley 3rd Pit, belonging to Messrs. Lambton Collieries, Ltd. This is an old shaft out of which the stones forming the walling were being taken with a view to increasing the diameter of the shaft. These walling stones were of large size and too big to put into a kibble unless broken up, consequently they were being wound up the pit in slings. One had just been sent up and the waiter-on ran the bogie over the pit mouth and had the stone lowered on to it. He then unfastened the sling chain and hung it on to the spring hook of the winding rope by links at each end; the sling chain thus being formed into a loop. He then signalled to the engineman to draw in the rope a little, and, with his back to the shaft, proceeded to push the bogie off the pit. The sling chain however, had not been lifted quite clear of the stone, and as he pushed the bogie the loop formed by the sling chain caught a corner of the stone and tipped it off the bogie and down the pit. It struck a man on the head and killed him instantly. The sling chains were at once done away with and kibbles introduced in their stead.
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- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 Where to find this report
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 37, Accident Number: 179 Where to find this report
- Memorial photograph (T-10704-17-0009) © Roy Lambeth
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