Richard Martin Scott
| Age: | 16 |
| Died: | 18th Nov 1927 |
| Accident: | 18th Nov 1927 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1911 |
| Colliery: | East Hetton |
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| Occupation: | |
| Notes: | shaft accident [date of report] |
| Buried: | Quarrington Churchyard |
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At East Hetton Colliery, Co. Durham, after the changing of the tubs in a three-decked cage had been completed at the surface level and the caged rapped away, an assistant banksman was about to swing over an additional bar fence at the shaft entrance when 11 empty tubs, controlled by four drags, ran into him causing him to be fatally crushed between the cage and the banking out staging. If deceased had not neglected to release the catch securing the lever which controlled a spring actuated chock, the accident would not have happened. This fatality could not have occurred if a more automatic type of stop-block had been in use.
Quarrington Hill — St. Pauls Churchyard/Cemetery (Church demolished)
Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ334380
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| Names on this tombstone |
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| David SCOTT | | | |
| Edna May SCOTT | 23rd Jul 1915 | 5 | 1910 |
| Mary SCOTT | | | |
| Richard Martin SCOTT | 18th Nov 1927 | 16 | 1911 |
- 1927 Mines Inspectors Report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-07942-12-0256) © Clive Lawson
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in St. Pauls Churchyard/Cemetery (Church demolished), Quarrington Hill
- Tombstone photograph (T-01917-03-0002) © Kev Duncan
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