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Thomas Reed
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 13th Jun 1914 |
| Accident: | 13th Jun 1914 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1884 |
| Colliery: | Ravensworth, Betty |
| Company: | Birtley Iron Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Screener |
| Notes: | deceased was standing for the purpose of signalling on the inside of a curve on an occasionally used siding worked by a stationary engine and rope to which a set of railway wagons was attached; he was close to one of three large "drum" sheaves used to bind the rope on the curve, but the rope was off the middle one; on starting the load up the hill the rope carried away the frame work of the sheave, and violently knocked the deceased over; the post of the framework of the sheave had been placed only 3½ feet down into "made" ground |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On the Surface :: On Railways, Sidings, or Tramways |
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- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 65, Accident Number: 5 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| lyle reed | 04 Jan 2012 |
possible relation to my father Thomas Frederick Reed |
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| Geoffrey English | 09 May 2020 |
Possibly the husband of my grandmother, Lily (nee Jopling) who subsequently married Edwin English. |
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