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| Date: | 2nd December 1855 |
| Colliery: | Harraton |
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| Cause: | Cage accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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A similar case occurred at Harraton on the 12th of December. The regular onsetter at the bottom of the shaft being wanting, the overman appointed a young man in his place who was an utter stranger to the business, and he neglected to give him any verbal instructions as to the signals, whilst the Colliery was also wanting in written rules.
Two persons had entered the cage to ascend the pit, and the third was in the act of entering, when the brakeman swore that a signal was given to draw away; the consequence was that the poor man was so squeezed at one of the buntons across the shaft, that he died the following day.
Under these circumstances the coroner and jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter against the stranger, who is also in jail to take his trial at Durham ; but as I look upon it as a case of peculiar hardship, I feel it my duty to attend the assizes, and have the whole matter explained, with a view of mitigating his punishment.
Note. — Both the parties at Ludworth on October 1st and that at Harraton on December 12th were tried and acquitted, it being proved that in the latter case the overman did not acquaint the strange onsetter with the nature of the signals.
| Source: | 1855 Mines Inspectors Report |
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