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Date:	12th March 1897
Colliery:	Silksworth
Company:	Marquis of Londonderry
Cause:	Miscellaneous and on Trams and Tubs
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 119 on the list occurred at Silksworth Colliery, belonging to the Marquis of Londonderry, on the 12th of March, causing the death of a driver.

Deceased was standing in the flat and a putter at the time brought a full tub out from one of the working places. He saw the deceased in front of his pony and he shouted to him to get out of the way. He thought he had done so and took the tub into the flat. Afterwards not seeing the boy's light he shouted but got no answer, and on going to the other side of the tub found him lying between it and a prop alive, but he died within three minutes, his head had been caught between the tub and prop.

There was a space between the tub and the prop of eleven inches which would have been sufficient to clear him if he had stood upright, the props are set two feet apart and the distance between the rail and the side of the place was over two feet and quite clear of stones or dirt, and there was ample room for him to have got out of the way. He had probably been leaning forward to see that his feet were clear and thus got his head crushed.

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

	Hodgson, George Willis, aged 12, Driver, Crushed between a full tub and prop in a flat. He was warned to get out of the way
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