Logan Frecker
| Age: | 18 |
| Died: | 26th Sep 1933 |
| Accident: | 25th Sep 1933 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1915 |
| Colliery: | Silksworth |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Switch Lad |
| Notes: | underground haulage accident, died from injuries received, living in Silksworth |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
A double fatality which occurred at Silksworth Colliery, Durham, involved a conveyor lad and a switch lad. A set of eight full and four empty tubs attached to a tail rope, had been left at a loading station on a single-rope mechanical-haulage road with a dip outbye which varied between three and six inches per yard. The rope was held by a Smallman clip anchored to the side of the roadway, the brake on the hauling engine having been left in the "off" position. It was presumed that a lad at the loading station released the clip, with the result that the set ran amain, pulling the haulage drum round, and crashed into a stopblock some 170 yards outbye. The two lads, who were travelling outbye at the time, were caught by the tubs. It is true that the accident would not have occurred had the engineman secured the brake before leaving the engine, but the runaway would have been arrested without serious consequences had a runaway switch, held in the open position by weights or springs, been in use a little more than a set length from the loader.
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Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 27 Sep 1933 | News in Brief (The Times) |
- 1933 Mines Inspectors Report
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