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Date:	30th July 1859
Colliery:	High Heworth
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Cause:	Chain broke, fell down shaft
Lives Lost:	2
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A very dreadful accident occurred at Heworth Colliery, near Gateshead ; two men’s lives lost. The brattice (original deal and bunton) having failed, was substituting with planks one above another. Had a cradle hung by crab rope, and four branch ropes, at 60 fathoms down, when, very unexpectedly, some fathoms of the old timbering fell upon the cradle and carried it away, together with the two unfortunate men upon it. No blame seemed to attach, for these was a waiter on at bank, and the men were both steady and experienced ; they would fall 30 fathoms.

Source:

1859 Mines Inspectors Report

See also: a1859-24

	Dixon, Robert, aged 38, chain broke, fell down shaft, address: High Heworth, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 01 Aug 1859
	Mould, John, aged 50, chain broke, fell down shaft, address: High Heworth, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth on 01 Aug 1859
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30 Jul 1859	Fatal Colliery Accident (Illustrated London News)
06 Aug 1859	Fatal Colliery Accident (Illustrated London News)
06 Aug 1859	Accident At Heworth Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury)

 

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