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Date:	11th April 1853
Colliery:	Auckland, St. Helens
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Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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He and John Stephens, the back overman, were at the bottom of the shaft, they were then drawn up to the furnace drift to inspect the steam pipes. Richardson, in attempting to get on, stepped with one foot on the bunting, and the cage came back on him before he could get his other foot out. The top bar of the cage ‘caught him across his loins and crushed him against the bunting.’ Stephens shouted to the brakesman to "bend up", and the cage was drawn to its proper place where Richardson was found with his head and shoulders lying over the shaft. He was taken home where he died the same evening. At the inquest, it was stated that his ‘Death was caused by being too hasty in getting out of a moving cage.’

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Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).

	Richardson, Anthony, aged 54, he was too hasty in getting out of a moving cage
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22 Apr 1853	Colliery Accident (Durham Advertiser)
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