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| Date: | 10th January 1900 |
| Colliery: | Brandon |
| Company: | Strakers and Love |
| Cause: | Underground Haulage Accident |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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No. 21 on the list occurred at Brandon Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Strakers and Love, on January 10th, and caused the death of a putter.
Deceased's death was caused by want of care. He had finished his work and gone to a landing to wait for the empty set coming, in which he and the other men and boys were going to ride out-bye to the shaft; but instead of, as he should have done, getting into a refuge hole until the empty set stopped, he sat on the top of one of the full tubs in the landing, and the set got off the way at the points or crossing and collided with the tub on which he was and killed him.
The refuge holes are provided at the proper distances, and it is to be regretted that this unfortunate lad had not got into one of them ; if he had done so the list of the fatal accidents would have been one less, and a valuable life would have been saved. I hope that this accident will be a warning to all men and boys to get into refuge holes whenever a set is approaching and passing them, as no matter how much room there may be, if the set gets off the way, as many do, they run the risk of being killed as this lad was.
| Source: | 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 28 Where to find this report |
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 | Kidman, James, aged 22, Putter, He was sitting beside or on first tub of full set in the landing when the empty set came in off the way and caught the full tubs. He was afterwards found amongst the tubs and some stone which had fallen. |
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