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Alfred George Harold Osmond
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 7th Mar 1910 |
| Accident: | 7th Mar 1910 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1895 |
| Colliery: | Houghton |
| Company: | Lambton Collieries Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | He was waiting for the putter to bring him a full tub, and when the putter approached went forward to meet him at a point where the road dipped outbye at the rate of about 1 in. per yard. As the putter could not hold the full tub back without using dregs or without assistance, the driver put his back against the front of the tub while the putter held on behind. The tub had to pass under a top coal canch with only 2½ inches clearance, and the driver failed to lower his head, and his skull was crushed. This accident should not have occurred [Sunderland Echo reports: accident - 09 Mar 1910 pg 6 col 6] |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents :: Haulage :: Run over or crushed by Trams and Tubs |
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At Houghton Colliery a driver on the approach of the putter went forward to meet and assist him, and finding the putter could not hold the tub without dregs in the wheel, he put his back against the tub to retard it. In passing under a low portion of the roof at a canch where there was very little clearance, he did not lower his head, and his skull was crushed between the tub and roof.
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- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676) Where to find this report
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 38, Accident Number: 3 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| david dyde | 25 Feb 2012 |
i beleive he to be the brother of my wifes grandmother maria osmond born houghton 1901 |
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| Joan O'Sullivan | 20 Mar 2020 |
I believe that he was related to my late mother. Her father was Eli Osmond and he also worked down Houghton Pit. |
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| Margaret Mary Jarvis (nee Osmond) | 21 Jun 2021 |
This was the brother of my Father Eli Osmond, who died in 1953. Maria Osmond was his sister. |
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