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Date:	17th January 1894
Colliery:	Ouston, E Pit
Company:	Charles Perkins and Partners
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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On January 17th a boy lost his life at the Ouston "E" Pit, Birtley, under unusual circumstances. He was engaged as a picker at the screens, and was sent, by the foreman on an errand. Not returning for some time a search was made for him, but without avail, until it was suggested that in passing off the screens he might have fallen into one of the waggons through the hole leading the coal from the belt screen, and on emptying the waggons he was found at the bottom of one of them quite dead. How he got into the hole is not known, as he had no need to go near it, nor was he observed by any of the other screeners. He must have been stunned when he fell, as no cries were heard by any one. All such places are now fenced.

Source:

1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 13 Where to find this report

	Wilde, James William, aged 13, Screener, The boy was engaged about the screens, and was sent by the chargeman on an errand, and not returning search was made, and deceased was eventually found at the bottom of a loaded waggon. No one could say how he got there, but it is thought that he fell through the hole which was unfenced at the end of the belt screens [Inspection made & inquest attended]
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