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Date:	23rd November 1897
Colliery:	Eppleton
Company:	Hetton Coal Co., Ltd.
Cause:	Miscellaneous and on Trams and Tubs
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 507 on the list occurred at Eppleton Colliery, belonging to the Hetton Coal Co., Ltd., on November 23rd, causing the death of a hewer.

Deceased and another coal hewer were going in-bye to their working place and had nearly got there when they came across a pony attached to a tub which the putter was filling with stones ; they kept at the right hand side, deceased leading, and found they could not get past the tub as there was a prop standing close to it. There was plenty of room on the other side, but instead of coming back and passing round the pony's head to the other side, he attempted to pass between the pony and the tub, he got one leg over the bow of the limbers and must have touched the pony's leg, because he at once started off and deceased's head was caught between the timber and the top of the tub, and was dragged 13 or 14 yards further out. He was got out as quickly as possible, but only lived two or three minutes afterwards.

The place, tub, and way were all in order and the pony was a very quiet one.

The practice of passing between tubs and ponies is a most dangerous one, and should be put down with a firm hand by all officials. The man who was with deceased said if deceased had got over he was going to follow, and that they had done the same thing before, he admitted it was a very dangerous practice and said he would not do it again. It would not have taken more than a few seconds longer to pass in front of the pony.

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

	Wheatley, John, aged 45, Hewer, On going to his working place, he met a pony and tub standing in the middle of the way. There was room for him to pass on the side he was on and instead of walking round the pony's head to get to the other side, he attempted to step across the limbers between the pony and tub ; while doing so, the pony moved away, and his head was crushed between the tub and the roof
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