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Stephen Rickaby
| Age: | 13 |
| Died: | 13th Sep 1907 |
| Accident: | 13th Sep 1907 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1894 |
| Colliery: | Trimdon |
| Company: | Walter Scott Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | his head was squeezed between the fore-end of a tub and a prop |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On 15th September a driver boy, aged 13, was killed in Trimdon Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Walter Scott Ltd. He was driving in the Main Coal Seam. The putter, thinking he was a long time in returning to the flat, went outbye to look for him ; he found him fast between his first tub and a prop, dead. There was not room for a boy to pass between the prop and the tub ; indeed there was no room at all, and the prop showed signs of having been scrubbed against by the tubs. Similar signs were visible on other props. The clay forming the thill of the seam was soft and wet, causing it to heave ; this action caused the foot of the props to be pushed in towards the rails. There was however no reason why the conditions prevailing could not have been very much improved upon.
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- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 20 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: 39, Accident Number: 477 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Stephen Luke | 15 Feb 2020 |
Family tree. This Stephen Rickaby would have been my Great Uncle had he survived. |
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