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Robert Victor Ince
| Age: | 17 |
| Died: | 7th Nov 1913 |
| Accident: | 7th Nov 1913 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1896 |
| Colliery: | North Seaton |
| Company: | Cowpen Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Landing Lad |
| Notes: | twelve lads were ascending in the top deck of a large, well-constructed cage, 9 feet long, 6 feet high and 3 feet 3 inches wide, having a rigid handbar running the full length of the cage in the centre 4 feet off the floor, and guided by end wooden skeats; the cage is protected by sheet-metal gates covering each end of the cage except for a space of 15 inches between bottom of gate and cage flooring; soon after leaving the inset, 85 fathoms deep, deceased, who was standing next to the gate, must have slipped, and, catching his foot against a bunton, he was drawn out of the cage underneath the gate; being probably caught by another bunton, he was knocked back into the bottom deck (empty) of the cage, where he was found with a broken neck and leg; no cry was heard from deceased and none of the boys noticed him fall out |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Shaft Accidents :: Whilst ascending or descending by machinery |
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At North Seaton Colliery, Northumberland, one man and twelve lads were ascending on the top deck of a large cage protected at the ends by sheet metal gates, which reached to within 15 inches of the floor of the cage. Soon after leaving the inset deceased, who was one of those standing next to the gate at one end, must have slipped, owing, in all probability, to the lads moving about in the cage, in order that they might secure a better place so as to be able to get out quickly on reaching the top — it being pay day — and caught his foot against one of the buntons in the shaft. He was drawn out of the cage beneath the gate, but fell back and was caught by the bottom deck of the cage in which no one was riding. None of the lads had lights, as they put them out on reaching the shaft. A man at the other end of the cage, who had his lamp burning, had told the lads to keep quiet, as he stated he heard a lot of noise as soon as the cage had started away. No one heard a cry or saw the lad fall from the cage, but when the cage reached the surface he was discovered lying upon the bottom deck with his neck and one leg broken.
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- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439)
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 55, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report
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