Charles Shield
| Age: | 18 |
| Died: | 7th Jul 1907 |
| Accident: | 6th Jul 1907 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1889 |
| Colliery: | Blaydon Burn |
| Company: | Priestman Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Coke oven drawer |
| Notes: | |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Deceased was employed to daub the oven doors of a battery of Otto Hilgenstock coke ovens, and had been at work about three quarters of an hour when the accident happened. A machine worked by an electric motor for ramming the ovens travels on four rails laid in front of the ovens, and deceased was sitting on the rail nearest the ovens, and was supposed either to have fallen asleep or been under the impression that the machine was travelling from him instead of to him when he was caught by it. The machine makes much noise when travelling on the rails, and its maximum speed is only about 4 miles per hour, and it was not moving at this speed when the accident happened. The driver had no view of the point where deceased sat, but it is proposed to remedy this by extending side windows the full length of each side, and also to put a guard in front of the wheels.
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 53, Accident Number: 52 Where to find this report
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