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John Thomas Foreman
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 9th Aug 1935 |
| Accident: | 9th Aug 1935 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1920 |
| Colliery: | South Garesfield |
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| Occupation: | Pony Driver |
| Notes: | he was killed when he was caught by a passing set of tubs while walking outbye after completing his shift in the Victoria Seam |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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A driver, aged 15, was killed at South Garesfield Colliery, Durham, whilst taking his pony outbye at the end of the shift on a main-and-tail-rope haulage road along which sets of 45 tubs were hauled at a speed of three miles per hour. He was found in a clear space of three feet at the side of the road, two yards outbye from a refuge hole and facing the fourth tub of an empty set. The first four tubs of the set had, due to some cause unknown, been derailed into the clear space and it was surmised that he had been struck by the derailed tubs. Travelling whilst the haulage was in motion was prohibited by the manager. A rolleywayman who accompanied the drivers outbye found on reaching a junction that the set was outbye and the ropes stationary. He allowed the lads to take their ponies outbye intending if necessary to stop the incoming set before it reached them. Unfortunately, he misjudged the position of the set and failed to stop it in time. The arrangements for stopping the set whilst ponies were being taken inbye or outbye were afterwards improved.
I trust there are now no collieries where ponies are taken along the haulage roads whilst haulage is in motion. The arrangements for ensuring this might well be inquired into by colliery managers.
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 16 Aug 1935 | Notes from the Coal Fields, Northumberland and Durham (The Colliery Guardian) |
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- 1935 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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