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Date:	4th April 1883
Colliery:	Montreal
Company:	John Stirling
Cause:	Fall down shaft from part way down
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 17. This occurred at an "eye" or "hanging-on" in the shaft. It is probable the man had lifted the safety-bar protecting the opening when the cage was not there. He had then pushed the tub or bogie towards the shaft, no doubt expecting the cage had arrived, when both tub and man fell to the bottom. There appeared to have been a good light at the place, and it was in disobedience of a special rule to remove the safety-bar before the cage had stood opposite the opening.

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Source:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 172 Where to find this report

	Poland, Robert, aged 16, Trailer, fall down shaft from part way down
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05 Apr 1883	Sad Accident To A Youth at Cleator Moor (Whitehaven News)
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