Thomas Elliott Gibbon
| Age: | 48 |
| Died: | 18th Oct 1935 |
| Accident: | 18th Oct 1935 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1887 |
| Colliery: | Brandon Pit House |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Haulage Engineman |
| Notes: | he was struck on the head by a descending cage in the Hutton Seam and fell 270 feet to the bottom of the shaft |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
At Brandon Pit House Colliery, Durham, an underground engine driver, who was also an assistant onsetter, opened the shaft gate at an inset, presumably to shout to an onsetter at an inset below. He was struck and killed by the descending cage. The accident would have been averted had the telephone provided for communication between the insets been used.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 01 Nov 1935 | Notes from the Coal Fields, Northumberland and Durham (The Colliery Guardian) |
- 1935 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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