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John Halliday
| Age: | 55 |
| Died: | 18th Oct 1928 |
| Accident: | 18th Oct 1928 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1873 |
| Colliery: | New Herrington |
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| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | killed when he fell out of the kibble while descending the shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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At Herrington Colliery, Durham, a foreman sinker was descending alone a sinking shaft, 15 feet in diameter and 175 fathoms deep, in a kibble 3 feet diameter and 2ft. Gin, deep, when he fell out about 50 feet from the shaft bottom and was instantly killed. There was no obstruction in the shaft. When he left the surface deceased was wearing a properly attached safety belt which was afterwards found unfastened. A kibble of greater depth should have been used.
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- 1928 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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