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Henry Watson
| Age: | 26 |
| Died: | 19th Feb 1924 |
| Accident: | 19th Feb 1924 6.0 p.m., 5th hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1898 |
| Colliery: | Gordon House |
| Company: | North Bitchburn Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Datal Hand |
| Notes: | Deceased hung on an empty tub at the bottom of a self-acting incline, 30 yards long with a gradient 1 in 4, and while waiting for the incline to run stood in line with the full way, with his arm resting on the tub. When the bank top lad pushed his tub away it ran amain, owing to the shackle pin dropping out, and the full tub dashed into the empty at the bottom and crushed deceased's arm against the roof. Deceased should have stood clear of the incline |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Haulage :: Run over or crushed by trams or tubs |
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- 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: 69, Accident Number: 116
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