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| Date: | 18th May 1897 |
| Colliery: | Westerton |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Cause: | Miscellaneous and on Trams and Tubs |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 218 on the list occurred at Westerton Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan & Co., Ltd., on the 18th of May, and caused the death of a shifter on the 17th of July.
Deceased and another man were coming out-bye to the shaft at the end of their shift, and came across a driver going in the same direction with his set, and they both jumped on to it with the intention of riding half a mile, but before deceased got properly on to the tub the set came to some low timber and he was so severely crushed between the top of the tub and the timber that he died as stated from the effects of the accident.
The driver said he did not know the men were on his set until he heard one of them shout for him to stop the pony.
Riding on tubs without permission is strictly prohibited by one of the special rules, and the deceased man by breaking this rule lost his life.
| Source: | 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 31 Where to find this report |
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 | Robinson, George (died: 17 Jul 1897) , aged 58, Shifter, He jumped on to a pony set as it was passing, which he had no right to do, and got crushed between baulks and tubs. Died July 17th |
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