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| Date: | 12th August 1892 |
| Colliery: | Groverake (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | Weardale Lead Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | (See description below) |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 2 on the list occurred at Groverake Mine, belonging to the Weardale Lead Company, Limited, on the 12th of August, about 2.30 p.m. ; causing the death of William Reed, a miner.
In this case deceased was descending the shaft in a cage along with his father ; the winding engine man, on approaching the bottom, slackened the speed, and deceased evidently thinking the cage was at the bottom stepped out and fell a distance of 12 feet under the cage, which came on to him. On the cage being lifted he was got out, but was quite dead.
This no doubt was an accidental occurrence, and no blame could be found with anyone, but it shows how careful everyone should be in entering and leaving cages. Nothing, as I have time after time pointed out, is gained by hurrying and crushing, at the tope and bottom of shafts, while doing so there is a great risk of a fatal accident.
| Source: | 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 12 Where to find this report |
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 | Reed, Walton, aged 24, Miner, while descending a shaft the cage halted, and he thinking it was at the bottom, got out and fell a distance of 12 feet; the cage afterwards came down on to him |
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