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Date:	2nd November 1859
Colliery:	Hunwick
Company:	R. W. Jackson, Esq.
Cause:	Crushed by cage in shaft
Lives Lost:	1
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On 2 Nov. horse driver William Howden, 13, dropped his whip as he was about to descend the shaft at Hunwick Colliery. As he bent down to pick it up, his head was caught between the cage and the shaft — he suffered severe crush injuries to his chest and died on the spot.

At the inquest the banksman said that 9 boys had got in the cage to go down; he supposed the boy had been bending down for his whip when he fell out and was caught between the cage and the level bunting. He also claimed there were no rules for the number of boys allowed to ride in the cage at one time.

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

	Howden, William, aged 13, Horse Driver, crushed by cage in shaft
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