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Date:	4th August 1897
Colliery:	Newbottle
Company:	Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Cause:	On inclined and engine planes
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 329 on the list occurred at the Margaret Pit of Newbottle Colliery, belonging to The Lambton Collieries, Limited, on the 4th of August, causing the death of a putter.

This accident was due to a boy forgetting to couple the last tub on to a set of tubs at the top of an incline. Twenty-four tubs were standing ready when the last one came out from one of the working places. The boy put the rope on to this one but by his own admission, forgot to couple it to the other tubs and then took the sprags out of the wheels and set the set away, as a consequence the twenty-four tubs went amain down the incline, a distance of 210 yards and ran into the set of empty tubs to which the other end of the rope was attached at the bottom of the incline. The impact caused the rope attached to the single tub at the top to jerk up and the deceased boy who was standing just over it was thrown violently against the roof and his skull was fractured.

The appliances were all in order.

It is to be regretted that the unfortunate mistake the boy in charge made in forgetting to couple the last tub to the others resulted in this fatality.

Source:

1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 29 Where to find this report

	Hood, Frank, aged 17, Putter, Another boy forgot to couple the last tub on to a set of tubs at the top of an incline. Twenty-four tubs were standing ready when the last one came out; he put the rope on to this, but neglected to couple it to the others. He then eased the set away, and the twenty-four tubs went amain down the bank and ran into a set of empty tubs at the bottom. The impact caused the rope attached to the single rope at the top to jerk, and the deceased, who was standing just over it, was thrown violently against the roof and killed [Sunderland Daily Echo reports: accident - 05 Aug 1897 pg 3]
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