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Date:	26th April 1855
Colliery:	Black Boy
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Cause:	Fell from cage
Lives Lost:	4
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Four miners were killed at the Black Boy Colliery on 26 April when they fell from the cage while descending the shaft from the Five Quarter Seam to the Main Coal Seam. The Durham Chronicle wrote :

The apparatus by which a communication is carried on between the five-quarter seam and the main coal seam in Black Boy colliery is self-acting, the full tubs in descending drawing the empty ones up. As soon as the men got into the cage the rod connecting it with the chain gave way, and they were precipitated to the bottom. There are, however, steps for the purpose of the workmen ascending and descending between the two seams, and which ought to have been used on this occasion. There did not appear to be any blame attached to any person except the unfortunate deceased.

An inquest was held at the Police Station, Bishop Auckland on 4 May. The Foreman of the jury declared that ‘the deceased men were accidentally killed from the fall of the cage'.

Source:

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

	Cole, Richard, aged 15, fell from the cage
	Naggs, William, aged 16, fell from the cage
	Robinson, George, aged 35, fell from the cage
	Stout, Thomas, aged 35, Master Wasteman, fell from the cage
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	Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

12 May 1855

Four Men Killed At A Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)

 

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