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Date:	29th December 1869
Colliery:	West Cramlington
Company:	Maude, Taylor, and Co.
Cause:	Fall of stone
Lives Lost:	2
Category:

In Shafts.

Accident No. 69 took place at West Cramlington Colliery. The sides of the cages have a casing of sheet iron, to protect the men in going up or down the pit from the timber in the shaft; but, on the day previous to that on which the accident happened, one of those iron sheets had got damaged, and was taken off, and had the rules of the colliery had proper attention, men would have been prohibited from riding in this cage from that time until it was repaired, but this was not attended to, and the deceased and another man got into it to come to bank, when he poor fellow, either from not having known of the plate being off, or from having forgotten the circumstance, had undoubtedly depended upon it, for safety, and on leaning or falling back in the cage whilst it was in motion was caught by the buntings, and killed.

Source:

1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 140 Where to find this report

	Lynn, Andrew, aged 58, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
	Moody, James, aged 18, Putter, killed by a fall of stone
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07 Jan 1870

News (Berwick Journal)

 

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