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Wilson Mitchell
| Age: | 57 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1924 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1924 8.30 a.m., 3rd hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1867 |
| Colliery: | Longlands, Cleator |
| Company: | S. and J. Lindow |
| Occupation: | Banksman |
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| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | On Surface :: Miscellaneous |
A banksman was killed at Longlands Mine, Cumberland. Deceased was pushing a pit bogie, loaded with iron ore, across a wooden gantry, when one of the horizontal beams supporting the longitudinal members of the gantry broke. He was precipitated to the ground, 18ft. below, along with the bogie. He died from his injuries four days later. The beam which failed was of pitch pine, and, although only five years old, was in an advanced stage of decay. A better class of timber should have been used.
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 51
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection], Page: 78, Accident Number: 200
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