| Date: | 14th February 1864 |
| Colliery: | Eshott |
| Company: | |
| Cause: | Shaft accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
| Category: | |
Under the head of Breakage of Ropes a case occurred at Eshott, a little Landsale Colliery near Acklington, Northumberland. The pit was only 14 fathoms deep, the coals drawn by means of a horse gin fitted up with round hempen ropes. The rope, otherwise sufficiently strong and good for the purpose, had been temporarily applied to some heavy lifts in the engine shaft, and became strained and broken, whence the splicing had been ignorantly and unskilfully accomplished, so that when applied to its ordinary purpose at the horse gin it suddenly broke whilst drawing up a single man, who was killed outright ; the circumstances were closely investigated before Mr. Hardy, the coroner and jury ; but a verdict of accidental death was recorded.
| Source: | 1864 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern District by Matthias Dunn, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 10 |
Return
Return to Top
Contains public sector information licensed under the 
